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emitter

/ɪˈmɪtə/

/ɪˈmɪtər/

Translations

emitternoun

emitters

/ɪˈmɪtə/

/ɪˈmɪtər/

The infrared emitter is used in remote controls.

Инфракрасный излучатель используется в пультах дистанционного управления.

The transistor has three parts: the base, the collector, and the emitter.

Транзистор имеет три части: база, коллектор и эмиттер.

Additional translations

Synonyms

emitteradjective

/ɪˈmɪtə/

/ɪˈmɪtər/

Used attributively in technical contexts, especially electronics (e.g., “emitter resistor”).

emitternoun

A device or object that emits something, especially radiation or particles.

The laboratory used a radioactive emitter to conduct the experiment.

In electronics, the region of a transistor from which charge carriers are emitted.

The engineer adjusted the emitter to improve the transistor's performance.

A person, company, or country that releases or discharges something, especially greenhouse gases or other pollutants.

China is the world's largest carbon emitter.

emitteradjective

Relating to an emitter or the process of emitting, especially describing the transistor terminal.

The emitter resistor limits the current in the circuit.