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1. (n.) repeater
a person or thing that repeats.
2. repeater
a firearm that can discharge a number of shots without reloading.
3. repeater
a timepiece, esp. a watch, that can strike the hour or part of the hour.
4. repeater
a pupil who repeats a failed course.
5. repeater
a person who votes illegally by casting more than one vote in the same election.
6. repeater
a person who has been convicted and sentenced for more than one crime; recidivist.
7. repeater
a device that receives one- or two-way communications signals in order to amplify and retransmit them.
Etymology: (1570–80)
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| Definition of 'repeater' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) repeater
a person who repeats
"the audience consisted largely of repeaters who had seen the movie many times"
2. (noun) recidivist, repeater, habitual criminal
someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)
3. (noun) repeating firearm, repeater
a firearm that can fire several rounds without reloading
4. (noun) repeater
(electronics) electronic device that amplifies a signal before transmitting it again
"repeaters can be used in computer networks to extend cabling distances"
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| Definition of 'repeater' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) repeater
one who, or that which, repeats
2. (noun) repeater
a watch with a striking apparatus which, upon pressure of a spring, will indicate the time, usually in hours and quarters
3. (noun) repeater
a repeating firearm
4. (noun) repeater
an instrument for resending a telegraphic message automatically at an intermediate point
5. (noun) repeater
a person who votes more than once at an election
6. (noun) repeater
see Circulating decimal, under Decimal
7. (noun) repeater
a pennant used to indicate that a certain flag in a hoist of signal is duplicated
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| Definition of 'repeater' |
The Standard Electrical Dictionary |
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1. repeater
In telegraphy an instrument for repeating the signals through a second line. It is virtually a relay which is operated by the sender, and which in turn operates the rest of the main line, being situated itself at about the middle point of the distance covered. In the simpler forms of repeater two relays are used, one for transmission in one direction the other for transmission in the other. An attendant switches one or the other in as required.
Thus a common relay is virtually a repeater for its local circuit. If such a relay is placed half way down a line, and if the line beyond it is connected as its local, it becomes a repeater.
Some forms of repeaters are automatic, and repeat both ways without the need of an attendant.
It is the practice to somewhat prolong the signals sent through a repeater.
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