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Repeater

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Noun

1. repeater

a person who repeats

Example Sentences:
'the audience consisted largely of repeaters who had seen the movie many times'

2. habitual criminal, recidivist, repeater

someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)

3. repeater, repeating firearm

a firearm that can fire several rounds without reloading

4. repeater

(electronics) electronic device that amplifies a signal before transmitting it again

Example Sentences:
'repeaters can be used in computer networks to extend cabling distances'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Repeater

see synonyms of repeater
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

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Repeater

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noun
1. 
a person or thing that repeats
2. 
a watch or clock which, upon activation of a spring, will strike the time, sometimes to the nearest minute
3.  US
repeating firearm
4.  US
a person who has been convicted a number of times for violating the law
5.  US
a person who fraudulently votes more than once in the same election
6.  US, Education
a student who fails a course or grade, and then repeats it
7.  Ancient Mathematics
repeating decimal
8.  US, Telegraphy
a relay used to correct distortion and restore the strength of electrical signals

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Repeater

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n.
1. One that repeats: "[The] tourists are mainly repeaters from the United States and Canada who come for the peace and quiet" (James Kerr).
2. A watch or clock with a pressure-activated mechanism that strikes the hour.
3. A repeating firearm.
4. A device used to amplify digital or analog signals in order to strengthen them for retransmission, as on a computer network or in telephone or radio transmission.
5. A student who repeats a course, usually one that has been failed.
6. One who fraudulently votes more than once in a single election.
7. One who has been convicted of wrongdoing more than once, especially for the same offense.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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