REPEATER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does repeater mean? 

• REPEATER (noun)
  The noun REPEATER has 4 senses:

1. a person who repeats

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

3. a firearm that can fire several rounds without reloading

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

  Familiarity information: REPEATER used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REPEATER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who repeats

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Context example:

the audience consisted largely of repeaters who had seen the movie many times

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

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Derivation:

repeat (make or do or perform again)

repeat (do over)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

habitual criminal; recidivist; repeater

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

criminal; crook; felon; malefactor; outlaw (someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime)

Derivation:

repeat (make or do or perform again)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A firearm that can fire several rounds without reloading

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

repeater; repeating firearm

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

firearm; piece; small-arm (a portable gun)

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

Mauser (trademark for a repeating rifle or pistol)

Sense 4

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

repeaters can be used in computer networks to extend cabling distances

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

electronic device (a device that accomplishes its purpose electronically)

Domain category:

EE; electrical engineering (the branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication)

 Context examples 

What wouldn't we have given then for a repeater apiece!

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

The key challenge in creating quantum repeaters has been finding a material that could both store and transmit qubits.

(Key Tech for Quantum Communications Offered by Implanting Diamonds with Flaws, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Scientists with Breakthrough Listen say they’ve found 15 fast radio bursts, or FRBs, from a deep space “repeater” called FRB 121102.

(Mysterious Radio Signals Detected from Deep Space, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

In standard communications networks, devices called repeaters briefly store and re-transmit signals to allow them to travel greater distances.

(Key Tech for Quantum Communications Offered by Implanting Diamonds with Flaws, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

To de Leon's team, these color centers, as the impurities are called, represent an opportunity to manipulate light and create a quantum repeater.

(Key Tech for Quantum Communications Offered by Implanting Diamonds with Flaws, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Nathalie de Leon, an assistant professor of electrical engineering at Princeton University and the lead researcher, said the diamonds could serve as quantum repeaters for networks based on qubits.

(Key Tech for Quantum Communications Offered by Implanting Diamonds with Flaws, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)