"tweeter" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtwitɚ/ [General-American], /ˈtwiːtə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: tweeters [plural]
Rhymes: -iːtə(ɹ) Etymology: From to tweet + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|tweet|er}} tweet + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} tweeter (plural tweeters)
  1. (electronics) An electronic speaker designed to produce high-frequency sound. Categories (topical): Electronics Translations (An electronic speaker designed to produce high-frequency sound): diskanttikaiutin (Finnish), haut-parleur d’aigus [masculine] (French)
    Sense id: en-tweeter-en-noun-mn4p9aHO Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'An electronic speaker designed to produce high-frequency sound': 94 1 5
  2. One who or that which makes a tweeting noise.
    Sense id: en-tweeter-en-noun-I4ImNQgI
  3. (social media) One who posts messages ("tweets") on the social networking site Twitter. Categories (topical): Social media, Twitter Synonyms: twitterer, tweep Synonyms (Twitter user): Tweeter Translations (One who posts tweets on Twitter): مُغَرِّد (muḡarrid) [masculine] (Arabic), twiittaaja (Finnish), twitteur [masculine] (French), twitteuse [feminine] (French), twitto [colloquial, feminine, masculine] (French), tuiteiro [masculine] (Galician), tuiteira [feminine] (Galician), ტვიტერელი (ṭviṭereli) (Georgian), მტვიტავი (mṭviṭavi) (Georgian), Twitterer [masculine] (German), Twitterin [feminine] (German), ツイッタラー (Japanese), twitterianin [masculine] (Polish), twitterianka [feminine] (Polish), tuiteiro [masculine] (Portuguese), tuiteira [feminine] (Portuguese), tuitero [masculine] (Spanish), tuitera [feminine] (Spanish), твітеря́нин (tviterjányn) [masculine] (Ukrainian), твітеря́нка (tviterjánka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-tweeter-en-noun-AkTjj-gp Disambiguation of Twitter: 17 6 77 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 22 49 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 37 16 48 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 28 20 52 Disambiguation of 'Twitter user': 22 4 74 Disambiguation of 'One who posts tweets on Twitter': 14 15 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: midrange, squawker, subwoofer, woofer

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