Emitter
7 lettersnounmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
The electrode in a bipolar transistor from which charge carriers originate before passing into the base region.
“The engineer identified a faulty emitter as the cause of the transistor's erratic performance.”
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e·mit·ter
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Contains a double T in the middle, with EM- prefix and -ER suffix
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Worth 9 points, with the double T a slight drawback but -ER is a clean ending
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