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repeller

/rɪˈpɛlə/

/rɪˈpɛlɚ/

Translations

repellernoun

repellers

/rɪˈpɛlə/

/rɪˈpɛlɚ/

The ultrasonic repeller is effective against rodents.

Ультразвуковой отпугиватель эффективен против грызунов.

Additional translations

Synonyms

repelleradjective

/rɪˈpelə/

/rɪˈpɛlɚ/

Often used attributively before another noun to denote something designed to repel.

repellernoun

A device or substance used to drive away insects or animals.

The gardener used a natural repeller to keep the deer away from the vegetable patch.

A person or thing that repels or drives something away.

The electric fence served as a repeller, keeping the cattle inside the pasture.

In dynamical-systems theory, a point or set from which nearby trajectories diverge under iteration.

In the logistic map, x = 0 is a repeller when the growth parameter exceeds 1.

repelleradjective

Designed or serving to repel something, especially pests or unwanted intruders.

They installed repeller spikes along the window ledge to deter pigeons.