repeater

American  

[ri-pee-ter] / rɪˈpi tər /

noun

1. a person or thing that repeats.

2. a repeating firearm.

3. Horology. a timepiece, especially a watch, that may be made to strike the hour or part of the hour.

4. Education. a student who repeats a course or group of courses that they have failed.

5. a person who votes illegally by casting more than one vote in the same election.

6. a person who has been convicted and sentenced for one crime, and later for another; recidivist.

7. Mathematics. (no longer in technical use) a repeating decimal.

8. Telecommunications. a device capable of receiving one-way or two-way communications signals and delivering corresponding signals that are either amplified, reshaped, or both.

9. Navigation. gyro repeater.

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repeater British  

/ rɪˈpiːtə /

noun

1. a person or thing that repeats

2. Also called: repeating firearm.  a firearm capable of discharging several shots without reloading

3. a timepiece having a mechanism enabling it to strike the hour or quarter-hour just past, when a spring is pressed

4. electrical engineering a device that amplifies or augments incoming electrical signals and retransmits them, thus compensating for transmission losses

5. Also called: substitute.  nautical one of three signal flags hoisted with others to indicate that one of the top three is to be repeated

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Other Word Forms

• nonrepeater noun

Etymology

Origin of repeater

First recorded in 1570–80; repeat + -er ¹

Example Sentences

So the team decided to calculate correlation across two-dimensional space, analyzing the time and emission energy of nearly 7,000 bursts from three different repeater FRB sources.

From Science Daily • Oct. 11, 2023

The radar in question, a Neva-B, was acting as a repeater, expanding Russia's field of vision in the vital waters between Ukraine and the Crimean Peninsula.

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2023

That deal added stiffer financial penalties for teams as their payrolls increase past the luxury tax line and repeater taxes for teams that go over the limit multiple seasons in a row.

From Washington Post • Oct. 18, 2022

The Meater Plus, for $30 more, puts a Bluetooth repeater in the charging block, which can be used to extend the effective range to up to 165 feet.

From Salon • Aug. 21, 2022

“The Americans have arrived. They’ve arrived!” said the repeater.

From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys

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