Retransmitter

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any device that retransmits a signal.

    "For example, much of the population in many rural areas gets television by satellite dishes hooked to local retransmitters, not even affiliate stations, just literal retransmitters."

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"For example, much of the population in many rural areas gets television by satellite dishes hooked to local retransmitters, not even affiliate stations, just literal retransmitters."

Etymology

From re- + transmitter.

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