RADIO TRANSMITTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does radio transmitter mean? 

• RADIO TRANSMITTER (noun)
  The noun RADIO TRANSMITTER has 1 sense:

1. transmitter that is the part of a radio system that transmits signals

  Familiarity information: RADIO TRANSMITTER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RADIO TRANSMITTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Transmitter that is the part of a radio system that transmits signals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("radio transmitter" is a kind of...):

sender; transmitter (set used to broadcast radio or tv signals)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "radio transmitter"):

spark transmitter (an early radio transmitter using a discharge across a spark gap as the source of its power)

Holonyms ("radio transmitter" is a part of...):

radio; wireless (a communication system based on broadcasting electromagnetic waves)

 Context examples 

It is a capsule with a lens, a light, a camera, a radio transmitter, and a battery inside.

(Capsule endoscope, NCI Dictionary)

No matter what planet you're on, lightning bolts act like radio transmitters — sending out radio waves when they flash across a sky, said Shannon Brown of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, a scientist from NASA's Juno mission.

(Juno Solves 39-Year Old Mystery of Jupiter Lightning, NASA)

It is a capsule that is about the size of a large pill, with a lens, a light, a camera, a radio transmitter, and a battery inside.

(Capsule endoscope, NCI Dictionary)