Definition of "emitter" []

• That which emits something. (noun)
• The name for one terminal of a bipolar transistor (BJT). (noun)

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• "Although transportation, industry, and energy producers are obviously major fossil fuel users and greenhouse gas polluters, not enough people understand that the worst U.S. and global greenhouse gas emitter is "Food Incorporated," transnational industrial food and farming, of which Monsanto and GMOs constitute a major part."
• "Another tiny emitter is embedded in an airtight void within a Spalding "Infusion" basketball."
• "Tokyo, Fujitsu, and NEC, and represents a milestone in quantum key distribution because it combines a single-photon emitter, which is ideal for optical transmission bands, with a prototype of a practical quantum cryptography system."