repeater – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
מילים נרדפות: individual,
mortal,
person,
somebody,
someone,
soul,
malefactor,
outlaw,
criminal,
felon,
crook,
small-arm,
piece,
firearm,
electronic device
repeater
n.
one who repeats, one who redoes a particular action; device that receives electronic signals and amplifies them for rebroadcasting; repeating decimal (Mathematics)
Repeater
repeater
Noun
1. a person who repeats; "the audience consisted largely of repeaters who had seen the movie many times"
(hypernym) person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
(derivation) repeat, take over
2. someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)
(synonym) recidivist, habitual criminal
(hypernym) criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor
(derivation) duplicate, reduplicate, double, repeat, replicate
3. a firearm that can fire several rounds without reloading
(synonym) repeating firearm
(hypernym) firearm, piece, small-arm
(hyponym) Mauser
4. (electronics) electronic device that amplifies a signal before transmitting it again; "repeaters can be used in computer networks to extend cabling distances"
(hypernym) electronic device
(classification) electrical engineering, EE
Repeater
(n.)
See Circulating decimal, under Decimal.
(n.)
One who, or that which, repeats.
(n.)
An instrument for resending a telegraphic message automatically at an intermediate point.
(n.)
A watch with a striking apparatus which, upon pressure of a spring, will indicate the time, usually in hours and quarters.
(n.)
A repeating firearm.
(n.)
A person who votes more than once at an election.
(n.)
A pennant used to indicate that a certain flag in a hoist of signal is duplicated.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
repeater
1. An analog device that amplifies an
input signal regardless of its nature,
i.e., analog or
digital.
2. A digital device that amplifies, reshapes, retimes, or performs a combination of any of these functions on a digital input signal for retransmission. (
188 )
Note: The term
"repeater" originated with
telegraphy and referred to an electromechanical device used to regenerate telegraph signals. Use of the term has continued in
telephony and
data communications.