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ANNUNCIATOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does annunciator mean? 

ANNUNCIATOR (noun)
  The noun ANNUNCIATOR has 1 sense:

1. an indicator that announces which electrical circuit has been active (as on a telephone switchboard)play

  Familiarity information: ANNUNCIATOR used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ANNUNCIATOR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An indicator that announces which electrical circuit has been active (as on a telephone switchboard)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("annunciator" is a kind of...):

indicator (a device for showing the operating condition of some system)

Derivation:

annunciate (foreshadow or presage)


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