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Origin and history of transmitter

transmitter(n.)

1727, "one who transmits," agent noun from transmit. It is attested in telegraphy from 1844 as the name of the sending instrument, a use later extended to telephony. The meaning "apparatus for transmitting radio or television signals" is from 1934.

also from 1727

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transmit(v.)

"send over, onward, or along; cause to pass or go to another person or place," c. 1400, transmitten, from Latin transmittere "send across, cause to go across, transfer, pass on," from trans "across, beyond" (see trans-) + mittere "to release, let go; send, throw" (see mission). Figuratively, "convey, communicate to another" (1620s). Related: Transmitted; transmitting.

The obsolete alternative verb transmiss, transmise (Middle English transmisen) is from transmis-, the past-participle stem of the equivalent Old French verb.

neurotransmitter(n.)

"chemical substance which transmits an impulse from one nerve fiber to another or others," 1959, from neuro- + transmitter.

transceiver(n.)

1934, the word like the thing a combination of transmitter and receiver.

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