"emitter" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əmɪtə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /iːmɪtə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: emitters [plural]
Etymology: emit + -er Etymology templates: {{affix|en|emit|-er|id2=agent noun}} emit + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} emitter (plural emitters)
  1. That which emits something. Translations (that which emits): предавател (predavatel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), emissor [masculine] (Catalan), zender [masculine] (Dutch), émetteur [masculine] (French), εκπομπός (ekpompós) [masculine] (Greek), emiter [masculine] (Polish), emissor [masculine] (Portuguese), emisor [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-emitter-en-noun-a5YXQrV5 Disambiguation of 'that which emits': 90 10
  2. (electronics) One terminal of a bipolar transistor (BJT). Categories (topical): Electronics Translations (terminal of a transistor): емитер (emiter) [masculine] (Bulgarian), emissor [masculine] (Catalan), emitter [masculine] (Dutch), émetteur [masculine] (French), Emitter (German), امیتر (emiter) (Persian), emiter [masculine] (Polish), emitor [neuter] (Romanian), pang-itid (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-emitter-en-noun-5WGN~S59 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 36 64 Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'terminal of a transistor': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: alpha emitter, beta emitter, emitter-coupled logic, surface-conduction electron-emitter display

Inflected forms

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