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transmitter

[trans-mit-er, tranz-] / trænsˈmɪt ər, trænz- /
NOUN
sender, communicator
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The concrete ring was built by the US Air Force in the early 1960s and supported a steerable helical transmitter that could detect activity from thousands of miles away, the trust said.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Each animal was equipped with a waterproof heart rate monitor, dive recorder, and radio transmitter.

From Science Daily ● May 9, 2026

For decades, proportional response functioned less as a strategy than a ritual: hit a transmitter, strike a barracks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

Declining to specify where the transmitter is located, she said it is "closer to the Netherlands than to Iran" -- although Tehran "can figure it out" if they choose.

From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026

"They're way closer. But the math doesn't work out. Even SuperSurveyor 3, which has the strongest transmitter, would need to be fourteen times more powerful—" "Seventeen times," Chuck said.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

In a study published in Science Advances on Wednesday, researchers equipped six of the toothed whales, sometimes called "unicorns of the sea," with satellite transmitters, and had them explore remote East Greenland waters.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

Chip makers have “moved from market darlings to volatility transmitters over the past month,” as Asian leadership has shifted toward consumer discretionary, financials, and energy, Munnelly says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

Between 2017 and 2023, the Arizona-based research team used satellite transmitters to follow 24 newly fledged Bald Eagles and two nonbreeding adults and to map how they moved within and beyond the state.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 11, 2025

Mr Taylor believes the decline started in the 1980s and was partly linked to improvements to TV transmitters.

From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2025

Some of our most powerful sources are radar transmitters; a few are used for radar astronomy, to probe with radio fingers the surfaces of the nearby planets.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan



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