emitter
noun/ɪˈmɪtər/
Frequency rank: #14,311 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
a device or entity that sends out light, heat, radiation, or other signals
Example sentence
The engineers installed an infrared emitter in the ceiling to broadcast the signal throughout the room.
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