"range extender" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: range extenders [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} range extender (plural range extenders)
  1. (automotive) A fuel-based auxiliary power unit that extends the range of a battery electric vehicle by driving an electric generator that charges the vehicle's battery. Coordinate_terms: APU [automotive, vehicles, transport], BEV [automotive, vehicles, transport], EREV [automotive, vehicles, transport], EV [automotive, vehicles, transport], HEV [automotive, vehicles, transport], PHEV [automotive, vehicles, transport], REEV [automotive, vehicles, transport] Translations (unit on electric vehicles): 增程器 (zēngchéngqì) (Chinese Mandarin)
    Sense id: en-range_extender-en-noun-7M28xXGs Categories (other): Automotive, Vehicles, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 20 26 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 66 8 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 60 17 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 60 17 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 55 20 25 Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles Disambiguation of 'unit on electric vehicles': 72 12 16
  2. (telecommunications) A device which extends a signal beyond its normal limit. Coordinate_terms: repeater, amplifier
    Sense id: en-range_extender-en-noun-GAka2gv- Categories (other): Telecommunications Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications
  3. (wifi) A device which expands coverage available to a wireless network with a new coverage area, which can be connected to the primary network node via a wireless backhaul or a wired one, depending on device.
    Sense id: en-range_extender-en-noun-Cl7Gqkoa Coordinate_terms (wifi): access point (english: AP), gateway, mesh, mesh networking, mesh node, mesh router, networking, node, router (alt: RT), wifi, wireless, wireless access point (alt: WAP), wireless gateway, wireless networking, wireless router (alt: WRT) Disambiguation of 'wifi': 31 29 40

Inflected forms

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