REPEATER

repeater

(noun) (electronics) electronic device that amplifies a signal before transmitting it again; “repeaters can be used in computer networks to extend cabling distances”

recidivist, repeater, habitual criminal

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

repeater

(noun) a person who repeats; “the audience consisted largely of repeaters who had seen the movie many times”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

repeater (plural repeaters)

One who or that which repeats.

(education) A student repeating a course or class.

(medicine) A patient who repeatedly presents with the same symptoms.

(marketing) A consumer who repeatedly purchases the same goods or services.

(US) One who votes more than once at an election.

In ufology and similar studies, a person who regularly sees unexplained sightings of paranormal phenomena.

(firearms) A gun that has a store of cartridges and does not need reloading after each shot.

A telegraphic instrument for automatically retransmitting a message.

(electronics) An electronic device that receives a weak or low-level signal and retransmits it at a higher level or higher power.

A watch with a striking apparatus which, upon pressure of a spring, will indicate the time, usually in hours and quarters.

(nautical) A frigate appointed to attend an admiral in a fleet, and to repeat the admiral's signals.

(nautical) A pennant used to indicate that a certain flag in a hoist of signal is duplicated.

(mathematics) A repeating decimal.

(textiles) In calico printing, a design repeated at equal intervals in a pattern.

Anagrams

• pear tree, peartree, repartee, rerepeat

Source: Wiktionary

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Re*peat"er (-r), n.

Definition: One who, or that which, repeats. Specifically: (a) A watch with a striking apparatus which, upon pressure of a spring, will indicate the time, usually in hours and quarters. (b) A repeating firearm. (c) (Teleg.) An instrument for resending a telegraphic message automatically at an intermediate point. (d) A person who votes more than once at an election. [U.S.] (e) See Circulating decimal, under Decimal. (f) (Naut.) A pennant used to indicate that a certain flag in a hoist of signal is duplicated. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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