repeater
[ ri-pee-ter ]
/ rɪˈpi tər /
noun
OTHER WORDS FROM repeater
non·re·peat·er, nounWords nearby repeater
repay,
repeal,
repeat,
repeat oneself,
repeated,
repeater,
repeating decimal,
repeating firearm,
repechage,
repel,
repellent
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British Dictionary definitions for repeaters
repeater
/ (rɪˈpiːtə) /
noun
a person or thing that repeats
Also called: repeating firearm
a firearm capable of discharging several shots without reloading
a timepiece having a mechanism enabling it to strike the hour or quarter-hour just past, when a spring is pressed
electrical engineering
a device that amplifies or augments incoming electrical signals and retransmits them, thus compensating for transmission losses
Also called: substitute nautical
one of three signal flags hoisted with others to indicate that one of the top three is to be repeated