emitter (that which emits something)
“Ce centre horaire possède des contacts électriques pour les minutes et les secondes ; il y a tout auprès un émisseur de courants qui, au moment précis de l’heure, grâce à un dispositif spécial, établit un contact ; […]” — This timekeeping center has electrical contacts for the minutes and seconds; there is nearby a current emitter which, at the precise moment of the hour, thanks to a special device, establishes a contact; […]
Synonyms: émetteur
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *méyth₂eti Proto-Italic *meitō Old Latin mītō Latin mittō Latin ēmittō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin ēmissor French émisseur From Latin ēmissor, from ēmittō + -tor. Compare Catalan emissor, Italian emissore, Portuguese emissor, Spanish