transmitter

1. Someone who transmits a message (synset 110598214)
   "return to sender"
   is a type of: communicator - a person who communicates with others
   subtypes: spammer - someone who sends unwanted email (often in bulk)
   same as: sender
2. Any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease (synset 109492415)
   "mosquitos are vectors of malaria and yellow fever"; "fleas are vectors of the plague"; "aphids are transmitters of plant diseases"; "when medical scientists talk about vectors they are usually talking about insects"
   referred to in:

   • animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
   • micro-organism, microorganism - any organism of microscopic size
   is a type of: agent - an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect
   subtypes:

   • gene delivery vector, transducing vector - a vector for delivering genes into cells
   • carrier, immune carrier - (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others
   same as: vector
3. Set used to broadcast radio or tv signals (synset 104479961)
   is a type of: set - any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals
   subtypes:

   • jammer - a transmitter used to broadcast electronic jamming
   • radio transmitter - transmitter that is the part of a radio system that transmits signals
   • satellite transmitter - a transmitter on a communications satellite
   • television transmitter - transmitter that is part of a television system
   has: aerial, antenna, transmitting aerial - an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals
   same as: sender

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