Repeater

//ɹɪˈpiːtə(ɹ)// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who or that which repeats.
  2. 2
    (electronics) electronic device that amplifies a signal before transmitting it again wordnet
  3. 3
    A student repeating a course, class, or grade.
  4. 4
    a firearm that can fire several rounds without reloading wordnet
  5. 5
    A patient who repeatedly presents with the same symptoms.
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  1. 6
    someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior) wordnet
  2. 7
    A consumer who repeatedly purchases the same goods or services.
  3. 8
    a person who repeats wordnet
  4. 9
    One who votes more than once at an election. US

    "The pimps and the panders, the cadets and maquereaux… they vote the ticket of the organization; they contribute to the campaign funds; they serve as colonizers and repeaters at the polls."

  5. 10
    A person who regularly sees unexplained sightings of paranormal phenomena.
  6. 11
    A gun that has a store of cartridges and does not need reloading after each shot. dated
  7. 12
    A telegraphic instrument for automatically retransmitting a message.
  8. 13
    An electronic device that receives a weak or low-level signal and retransmits it at a higher level or higher power.

    "[…] Colonel Moen was trying to make sense of the radio nets, which had never really been operational let alone secure; our numerous outposts were cobbled together with hand-held Motorolas and too few repeater stations […]"

  9. 14
    A watch with a striking apparatus which, upon pressure of a spring, will indicate the time, usually in hours and quarters.
  10. 15
    A frigate appointed to attend an admiral in a fleet, and to repeat the admiral's signals.
  11. 16
    A pennant used to indicate that a certain flag in a hoist of signal is duplicated.
  12. 17
    A repeating decimal.
  13. 18
    In calico printing, a design repeated at equal intervals in a pattern.

Etymology

From repeat + -er.

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