Repeater

Definition: Repeater

Repeater

Noun

1. A person who repeats; "the audience consisted largely of repeaters who had seen the movie many times".

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. (electrical engineering) electronic device that amplifies a signal before transmitting it again; "repeaters can be used in computer networks to extend cabling distances".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "repeater" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1792. (references)

Computing

Electrical Engineering

Public Administration

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Repeater

Arms

Small arms; musket, musketry, firelock, fowling piece, rifle, fusil, caliver, carbine, blunderbuss, musketoon, Brown Bess, matchlock, harquebuss, arquebus, haguebut; pistol, postolet; petronel; small bore; breach-loader, muzzle-loader; revolver, repeater; Minis rifle, Enfield rifle, Flobert rifle, Westley Richards rifle, Snider rifle, Martini-Henry rifle, Lee-Metford rifle, Lee-Enfield rifle, Mauser rifle, magazine rifle; needle gun, chassepot; wind gun, air gun; automatic gun, automatic pistol; escopet, escopette, gunflint, gun-lock; hackbut, shooter, shooting iron , six-shooter, shotgun; Uzzi, assault rifle, KalashnikoVerb:

Cunning

Ulysses, Machiavel, sly boots, fox, reynard; Scotchman; Jew, Yankee; intriguer, intrigant; floater, Indian giver, keener, repeater.

Instantaneity

Clock, wall clock, pendulum clock, grandfather's clock, cuckoo clock, alarm clock, clock radio; watch, pocket watch, stopwatch, Swiss watch; atomic clock, digital clock, analog clock, quartz watch, water clock; chronometer, chronoscope, chronograph; repeater; timekeeper, timepiece; dial, sundial, gnomon, horologe, pendulum, hourglass, clepsydra; ghurry.

Crosswords: Repeater

Books

• Arrl Repeater Directory (reference)

• Network Systems Tutorial for IEEE Std 802.3: Repeater Functions and System Design Topology Considerations for Carrier Sense Multiple Access With Collision Detection (Csma/Cd) Local Area Networks (reference)

• The Arrl Repeater Directory 2001 2002 (reference)

• The Historic Henry Rifle: Oliver Winchester's Famous Civil War Repeater (reference)

• The North American Repeater Atlas (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Repeater (reference)

• Repeater + 3 Songs (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Transition Networks Powerstar Iii 1Host Repeater F/ As400 7 Active RJ45 (reference)

• Ds4/500 Int 9 Drive U160 Cable With Repeater To Daisychain Towers (reference)

• XSERIES ULTRA160 SCSI REPEATER (reference)

• Digi Lan 2 Port Modular Repeater Repeat 10BT 1Aui (reference)

• Kingston Repeater & Terminator I/O Kit Seperate Purchase (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Zircon 55588 The Repeater 25' Tape Measure with Built-In Voice Recorder (reference)

• Oregon Scientific RT918 Weather Repeater Transmitter (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Twelve! He touched the spring of his repeater, to correct this most preposterous clock

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Civil Liberties

Nepal

Government-owned Radio Nepal broadcasts throughout the country through a series of repeater stations. (references)

Togo

Radio France International is heard 24 hours a day through an FM repeater and Africa Numero-1 also has an FM repeater in Lome. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "repeater": compass repeater indicator ♦ discriminating selector repeater ♦ heterodyne repeater ♦ inter repeater link ♦ photo repeater ♦ pulse repeater ♦ repeater coil ♦ repeater pistol ♦ repeater spacing ♦ satellite repeater ♦ telephone repeater. Additional references.

Beginning with "repeater": repeater-jammer.

Albanian

recidivist (recidivist), student përsëritës, pushkë automatike (repeating rifle), ai që përsërit. (various references)

Arabic 

‏المكرر (refiner), ‏المنبه (alarm clock, stimulant, stimulus, watch box), ‏المتعود إنتهاك حرمة القانون, ‏المعيد (restorer), ‏القاص (teller), ‏السلاح الناري التكراري, ‏الساعة الدقاقة, ‏الراوي (narrator, reciter, retailer, teller). (various references)

Bulgarian 

рецидивист (gaol-bird, jailbird, recidivist), ретранслатор, револвер (heater, pistol, repeating rifle, revolver, rod), часовник репетир (repeating clock), винтовка с пълнител (repeating rifle), повтарач, периодична дроб. (various references)

Chinese 

中繼器 , 中继器. (various references)

Danish

repeater (telephone amplifier, telephone repeater), regenerator (equaliser, equalizer, telephone amplifier, telephone repeater), telefon-repeater (telephone amplifier, telephone repeater), linieforstærker, hovedur (master clock), gendanner. (various references)

Dutch

repeater, versterker (amplifier, amplifying device, enhancer, glaze suspending agent, intensifier, telephone amplifier, telephone repeater), telefoonversterker (telephone amplifier, telephone repeater), omvormer (converter, electric transformer, inverter, invertor, telephone amplifier, telephone repeater, transformer), moederklok (master clock), lijnversterker, hergenerator, aanwijzer (characteristic, designator, indicator, radiation indicator). (various references)

Farsi 

تکرارکننده , ساعت زنگی (Alarm, Striker), بازگوکننده . (various references)

Finnish

toistin (data carrier, telephone amplifier, telephone repeater, transponder). (various references)

French

répétiteur (repeat-print control). (various references)

German

Verstärker (amplifier, booster, intensifier, multiplier). (various references)

Greek 

ρολόϊ πλοίου (master clock), ωρολόγιο (horologe, timepiece), ενισχυτής (amp, amplifier), επαναληπτικόσ (iterative, reiterative, repeat, repetitious, resumptive), επαναληπτικό κύκλωμα, επαναληπτικό όπλο (repeating firearm, repeating gun, repetition firing gun, self-loading gun, semi-automatic gun), επαναληπτήρας, επαναλήπτης ωρών (master clock), επαναλήπτης (repeating compass, telephone amplifier, telephone repeater), επαναλαμβάνων (resume), αναγεννητής, τηλεφωνικός ενισχυτής (telephone amplifier, telephone repeater), τηλεφωνικός επαναλήπτης (telephone amplifier, telephone repeater), τηλεφωνικός αναμεταδότης (telephone amplifier, telephone repeater). (various references)

Hebrew 

מ�"�"ר (religious). (various references)

Hungarian

visszaeső bűnös (backslider, recidivist), többször szavazó, szakaszos tört, osztályismétlő, jelzésismétlő hajó, jelismétlő, ismétlõ (recapitulatory, reiterative, self-cocker), ismétlőfegyver (magazine rifle), ismétlőóra (repeater watch), ismétlő berendezés, ismétlő (student re-attending a course), erősítő (amplifier, corroborative, intensifier, refreshing, restorative), ütőműves zsebóra (repeater watch), évfolyam (class, college year, year). (various references)

Italian

ripetitore (crammer, relay), regolatore di distribuzione dei tempi orario (master clock), orologio-madre (master clock). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

リ�"ア山猫 (liberation, libido, Libyan wildcat, lift, liftback, living, living kitchen, living room, living room set, living stock, makeover, rebate, reboot, reference, reference guide, referencer, refinance, refine, reflation, reflect, reflection, reflective, reform instructor, reform plan, refrain, refresh, refreshment, repeat, replace, replicate, replication, reply, repression, reprint, reproduction, revision, rib, rib roast, rift, ripple, rivet, updating). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

リ�"ータ . (various references)

Korean 

반복기. (various references)

Manx

ooreyder aavuillagh, gunn aacheau. (various references)

Pig Latin

epeaterray.(various references)

Portuguese

repetidor (repeating device). (various references)

Romanian

releu (relay), recidivist (backslider, recidivist), student repetent, puşcã automatã, persoanã ce voteazã de mai multe ori, persoanã care repetã, emiţãtor (broadcaster, broadcasting, issuing, transmitting), elev repetent, ceas deşteptãtor. (various references)

Russian 

повторитель. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

repetirka (repeating rifle), recidivista, povratnik (backspace, recuperator, repatriate, returnee, tropic), ponavljač. (various references)

Spanish

rifle de repetición (repeating rifle), repetidor (relay, repeating, repetitious), repartidor telefónico (telephone amplifier, telephone repeater), reloj de repetición, reloj básico (master clock), reincidente (backslider, recidivist, recidivistic, recidivous, relapsing, second offender), regulador de la distribución telegráfica de la hora (master clock). (various references)

Swedish

repeterur (repeating watch), repetergevär (repeating rifle), eftersägare, överdrag (case, coating, cover, overdraft). (various references)

Turkish

tekrarlayan kesirli sayı (repeating decimal), tekrarlayıcı (iterative, reiterative), tekrar suç işleyen sabıkalı (recidivist), sabıkalı (criminal, picaroon, previously convicted, recidivist, recidivous), otomatik röle, kesintisiz ateş eden silah, iki kez oy veren kimse, devirli ondalık sayı (repeating decimal), amplifikatör (amp, amplifier, booster, power amplifier), çalar cep saati (repeating watch). (various references)

Ukrainian

той, хто повторю�". (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "repeater": repeaters. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Repeater" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dreptatea, Jeepster, reapeter, Redemayer, repenter, repete, replaster, repleate, reptate, Reseater. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: repartee, rerepeat.

-1 letter: pearter, taperer.

-2 letters: perter, prater, reaper, repeat, retape, retear, tearer, terrae.

-3 letters: apter, arete, eater, etape, parer, pater, peart, perea, peter, prate, raper, rater, taper, tarre, tepee, terra.

-4 letters: aper, epee, pare, parr, part, pate, pear, peat, peer, pert, prat, pree, rape, rapt, rare, rate, reap, rear, rete, tape, tare, tarp, tear, tepa, trap.

+1 letter: preheater, reoperate, repartees, repeaters, rerepeats.

+2 letters: perpetrate, preheaters, pretheater, pretreated, recarpeted, recuperate, reoperated, reoperates, rerepeated.

+3 letters: carpentered, overoperate, peregrinate, perpetrated, perpetrates, perseverate, preliterate, privateered, recuperated, recuperates, repatterned, replastered, rerepeating, superheater, telegrapher, temperature.

+4 letters: interpleader, overoperated, overoperates, parameterize, peradventure, peregrinated, peregrinates, perseverated, perseverates, predeparture, preferential, preliterates, preoperative, preponderate, presbyterate, preservative, pretreatment, recuperative, superheaters, telegraphers, temperatures.