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
  • On their own, the mic transmitters are $59 each, while the charging case is $49.
    Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 26 Nov. 2024
  • 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
  • The transmitter was attached to the back of the turtle's shell, which isn't close to done growing yet.
    Greg Stanley, USA TODAY, 8 May 2018
  • 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
  • Each [one has] a tiny screen in them and uses tiny cameras and transmitters, or drones.
    National Geographic, 10 May 2018
  • Rats and fleas, transmitters of bubonic plague, get their due.
    Julia M. Klein, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The heart of RF-Pose is a laptop-sized radio transmitter.
    Kate Baggaley /, NBC News, 8 July 2018
  • Breaks in the rain allowed the scientists to glue transmitters on the birds’ feathers.
    Eli Kintisch, Science | AAAS, 19 Mar. 2020
  • As of November 18, the X-band transmitter had been turned back on, and the probe was able to send data back to Earth once more.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
  • 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
  • Bats and skunks are common transmitters of the disease.
    Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
  • The sun itself is a huge radio transmitter; any signals from the Parker Probe will get lost in the noise.
    Brian Resnick, Vox, 8 Aug. 2018
  • 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
  • There are two components in the system: the transmitter (out) and the receiver (in).
    John Cox, USA TODAY, 29 Apr. 2018
  • 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

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