any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease
<noun.object> 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
set used to broadcast radio or tv signals
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Transmitter \Trans*mit"ter\, n. One who, or that which, transmits; specifically, that portion of a telegraphic or telephonic instrument by means of which a message is sent; -- opposed to {receiver}.
electronic device \electronic device\ n. a device depending on the principles of electronics and using the manipulation of electron flow for its operation. [PJC]
Note: Numerous electronic devices are in daily use, among them the {television}, {radio}, {computer}, {robot}, {transmitter}, {receiver}, {VCR}, {CD player}, etc. [PJC]
So far, his aides have been broadcasting news to ham radio operators on a make-shift short wave transmitter installed in the sixth floor of the Russian Parliament.
The board initially voted in June to halt the project in Israel's Arava desert for a two-year ecological study of bird migrations, which environmentalists said could be disturbed by the transmitter.
The NSC believes that Radio Free Europe broadcasts to Eastern Europe will be sharply reduced by the time the transmitter becomes operational in 1996, said the source.
The panel also is recommending cuts in the planned construction of a $300 million transmitter in Israel, which Radio Free Europe and VOA intend to use for broadcasts to Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa, said the source who spoke on condition of anonymity.
A bad transistor was probably responsible for the failure of the satellite's transmitter, Uesugi said.
Alley allows that the transmitter, at about 65 milligrams, is still 15 milligrams too heavy for a bee to carry, and work on a computerized tracking system hasn't even begun.
An electronic location transmitter helped two ships and a rescue plane get to the search area.
He acknowledged the project was about $500,000 in debt, and organizers made an appeal for radio stations around the world to help find a transmitter to be loaded onto the boat in Japan.
Asked Thursday to comment about the 1968 prophecy, Robertson said Bredesen "may have been referring to Middle East television," and predicted Robertson's role in "spreading the gospel thoughout the Middle East" via CBN's transmitter in Lebanon.
When a transponder is excited by a low-frequency radio signal broadcast from a trackside transmitter, it responds by sending out identifying information.
Knowing that the mob would sweep his office, Mr. Fino bought a Radio Shack transmitter and installed it in his office ceiling.
The U.S. District Court indictment said the cruise missile data transmitter was required to undergo tests for effectiveness in extreme cold but were not performed.
In the gold-mining town of Santo Domingo, Contra collaborators assembled a makeshift radio transmitter in the local cemetary.
One minor problem developed Tuesday when the backup to Magellan's main radio transmitter shut off when it wasn't supposed to do so.
The transmitter at Gambell is linked to a satellite ground station that can relay telephone signals to an Alascom receiving station near Fairbanks.
Epsco, a Westwood, Mass., maker of microwave transmitter parts, said the purchase is subject to execution of a definitive agreement and other conditions.
The Wild Bird Society of Japan and the telecommunications utility Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. jointly announced Wednesday that a transmitter weighing 1.4 ounces will be attached to swans.
There was a center console on the ceiling that included map lights for driver and front-seat passenger, sunglasses storage and a spot for garage door transmitter.
Already rejected by suppliers in Taiwan, the ship was seeking permission from Hong Kong to take on a transmitter, food, fuel and water, organizers said.
There was no distress call from the crew and no signals were detected from an emergency locator transmitter aboard the plane, said Sgt. William Bowker of the Joint Rescue Coordination Center.
That's roughly a five-mile radius from the transmitter.
He said it took military officials about two hours to determine what had happened at the compound housing the Kanlaon Broadcasting System transmitter in suburban Quezon City.
In the meantime, Russia gave Nicaragua another powerful radio transmitter, which has been installed in the city of Esteli.
The heavy beat of rap music is resounding in two neighborhoods near a powerful radio transmitter, with songs like "Wild Thing" following some residents even into the bathroom.
Epsco, a maker of microwave transmitter parts, said the proposed purchase is subject to a tendering of at least two-thirds of its approximately 1.5 million common shares outstanding to Lucas and to other conditions.
They accidentally tripped an emergency transmitter on a life raft, which sent out distress signals Wednesday from southern Sweden to northern Norway, the Swedish news agency TT reported.
Bloyer noted, however, that the plane's emergency beacon would begin to deteriorate after 72 hours, and any "usable signal" likely would disappear in a week as the transmitter's batteries wore down.
Leland's plane was equipped with an emergency locator transmitter, a device usually mounted in the tail of an aircraft and activated either automatically by impact or manually.
Drive-Buy Radio, a combination cassette player and radio transmitter that can broadcast as far as 400 feet, allows agents to send a continuous, prerecorded radio message to motorists passing by the house that's for sale.