How to Use transmitter in a Sentence

transmitter

noun
  • Mosquitoes are the main transmitters of the disease.
  • The good news about RF headphones is they are paired to the transmitter and are ready to go out of the box.
    Jim Rossman, Dallas News, 20 May 2021
  • The transmitter will be built into the ground, flush with the pavement.
    Kellie Hwang, Indianapolis Star, 3 May 2019
  • This has up to a 25-foot range using the 5.8GHz transmitter.
    Chris Hachey, BGR, 6 May 2021
  • As a result, the transmitter spread the power over a very large area.
    IEEE Spectrum, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Think of this transmitter as a tiny version of your cell phone.
    Matt Simon, Wired, 5 Oct. 2020
  • The chick was just one of three that was fitted with a transmitter this summer.
    Emily Mesner, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Oct. 2022
  • Just grab a phone mount and a Bluetooth FM transmitter.
    Daniel Varghese, WSJ, 1 Nov. 2022
  • When the fish pass receivers placed along the river and in the delta, signals sent by their transmitter are picked up.
    Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Mar. 2022
  • For sites like this, adding a transmitter shouldn't be so daunting.
    Ori Mor, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Rats and fleas, transmitters of bubonic plague, get their due.
    Julia M. Klein, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Breaks in the rain allowed the scientists to glue transmitters on the birds’ feathers.
    Eli Kintisch, Science | AAAS, 19 Mar. 2020
  • The device, called Nix, costs $129 and consists of a patch worn on the upper arm, attached to a small transmitter.
    Bill Gifford, Men's Health, 12 June 2023
  • The antennae of the female, who is the transmitter, differ from those of the male, who is the receiver.
    Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2021
  • Those who opt out will not have the data transmitter installed with the meter.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2022
  • The fobs use a short-range radio transmitter to send the car a signal that is encrypted with rolling codes.
    Tim De Chant, Ars Technica, 13 Dec. 2021
  • As a Mustang Mach-E sat over a transmitter, a monitor on the dash showed that the car was being charged.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2023
  • These work by stationing a transmitter near the video source and a small receiver by the TV.
    John Herrman, Popular Mechanics, 1 Apr. 2021
  • The transmitter is not a dish, like a radio telescope in reverse.
    IEEE Spectrum, 9 May 2024
  • Last year, just days after the release of Max and Moritz, the inaugural cubs of the study, Max’s transmitter failed.
    New York Times, 23 July 2021
  • Nikon doesn't include an in-body flash, but the Z 7 II can mount a Speedlight or wireless transmitter in its hot shoe.
    PCMAG, 12 Sep. 2024
  • People can stay in their car and hear the entire service via FM transmitter.
    cleveland, 5 Sep. 2020
  • The second step was the refurbishment of the transmitter.
    Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 24 Nov. 2022
  • In the study, 38 receivers were submerged throughout the lake to detect transmitter pings.
    Tony Kennedy, Star Tribune, 14 Jan. 2021
  • The third step: installing wireless transmitters to broadcast a secure signal to the new train cars, with small poles along the tracks to fill any dead zones.
    Rachel Swan, SFChronicle.com, 7 Jan. 2020
  • The show can be enjoyed in rain or shine thanks to a radio FM transmitter that allows guests to listen to the music from their own car.
    Rebecca Hennes, Houston Chronicle, 11 Dec. 2019
  • Manager Torey Lovullo said starters like that would need to get approval from him to use the transmitter.
    Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Weighing half a gram, the radio transmitter was about the size of an M&M, with a whip antenna about five inches long.
    Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Dec. 2022
  • To top the battery up, simply pop the receiver back in the transmitter unit’s cradle and it will be fully charged in around three hours.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 6 May 2022
  • Both were capable of remote detonation, and the transmitter was found on Crooks' body.
    Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 25 July 2024

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