suppress
[ suh-pres ]
/ səˈprɛs /
verb (used with object)
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Example sentences from the Web for suppressor
Instead, he, the suppressor of obscure Irish newspapers, had done more to injure recruiting than any Connemara editor.
Immediately, Forrester felt Mars throw out a suppressor field that would keep him from forming another Veil.
Pagan Passions |Gordon Randall GarrettBut it is to the suppressor of this movement, rather than to its leader, that the Roumanians look back as their national hero.
The Revolutionary Movement of 1848-9 in Italy, Austria-Hungary, and Germany |C. Edmund (Charles Edmund) MauriceThis abominable endeavour to suppressor lessen every thing that is praise-worthy, is as frequent among the men as women.
The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant |John Hamilton Moore
British Dictionary definitions for suppressor (1 of 2)
suppressor
/ (səˈprɛsə) /
noun
a person or thing that suppresses
a device fitted to an electrical appliance to suppress unwanted electrical interference to audiovisual signals
British Dictionary definitions for suppressor (2 of 2)
suppress
/ (səˈprɛs) /
verb (tr)
to put an end to; prohibit
to hold in check; restrain
I was obliged to suppress a smile
to withhold from circulation or publication
to suppress seditious pamphlets
to stop the activities of; crush
to suppress a rebellion
electronics
- to reduce or eliminate (unwanted oscillations) in a circuit
- to eliminate (a particular frequency or group of frequencies) in a signal
psychiatry
- to resist consciously (an idea or a desire entering one's mind)
- to exercise self-control by preventing the expression of (certain desires)Compare repress (def. 3)
Derived forms of suppress
suppresser, noun suppressible, adjectiveWord Origin for suppress
C14: from Latin
suppressus held down, from
supprimere to restrain, from
sub- down +
premere to press
Medical definitions for suppressor
suppress
[ sə-prĕs′ ]
v.
To curtail or inhibit the activity of something, such as the immune system.
To deliberately exclude unacceptable desires or thoughts from the mind.
To reduce the incidence or severity of a condition or symptom, such as a hemorrhage.
Scientific definitions for suppressor
suppressor
[ sə-prĕs′ər ]
A mutant gene that suppresses the phenotypic expression of another usually mutant gene.
A device, such as a resistor or grid, that is used in an electrical or electronic system to reduce unwanted currents.♦ A suppressor grid in a vacuum tube such as a pentode is designed to prevent the secondary emission of electrons from the plate. When electrons emitted by the tube's cathode strike the plate, their energies can be high enough to cause secondary emission of low-energy electrons from the plate, and these electrons can drift away into other positively charged electrodes in the tube (like the screen or the control grid), drawing current from the plate. A negatively charged suppressor grid near the plate repels these low-energy electrons and pushes them back toward the plate so that no current is lost, increasing the efficiency of the tube.