exciter

Noun

exciter (plural exciters)

1. One who or that which excites.
   • It imparts a sweetness to the breath, is a valuable medicine in all nervous complaints, and is esteemed as a prolonger of life and an exciter of venery.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 173
2. The electronic oscillator that generates the carrier signal for a transmitter.
3. An audio signal processing technique used to enhance a signal by dynamic equalization, phase manipulation, harmonic synthesis of (usually) high frequency signals, and the addition of subtle harmonic distortion.