Definition of "exciter" [ex•cit•er]

• One that excites: an exciter of animosity. (noun)
• An auxiliary generator used to provide field current for a larger generator or alternator. (noun)
• Electronics An oscillator for generating the carrier frequency of a transmitter. (noun)

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• "This requires more current from the exciter, which is achieved by increasing its excitation."
• "It's a wholly new development from the gravity line repulser theory, and it shows that this coil will act as a self-exciter."
• "So-you construct the analog field with an electrical exciter."