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excitor

excitor is the alternative form of exciter.

Meaning of 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.

Forms of excitor

pluralexcitors

Questions about excitor

What is excitor the alternative form of?
Excitor is the alternative form of exciter.

Words near excitor in the dictionary

  1. excitonically
  2. excitonics
  3. excitons
  4. excitoprotection
  5. excitoprotective
  6. excitor
  7. excitoreflex
  8. excitorepellency
  9. excitorepellent
  10. excitors
  11. excitory

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