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repeater

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Synonyms: repealer, repeated, repenter, reheater, repeat, rejecter, repleader, repeller, resenter, retreater, redwater

Antonyms: repealer, repeated, repenter, reheater, repeat, rejecter, repleader, repeller, resenter, retreater, redwater

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Noun

  1. One who or that which repeats.
  2. {{lb|en|education}} A student repeating a course, class, or grade.
  3. {{lb|en|medicine}} A [[patient]] who repeatedly [[present]]s with the same [[symptom]]s.
  4. {{lb|en|marketing}} A [[consumer]] who repeatedly purchases the same goods or services.
  5. {{lb|en|US}} One who [[vote]]s more than once at an [[election]].
  6. {{lb|en|ufology}} A person who regularly sees [[unexplained]] sightings of [[paranormal]] [[phenomenon|phenomena]].
  7. {{lb|en|firearms|dated}} A [[gun]] that has a store of [[cartridge]]s and does not need [[reload]]ing after each shot.
  8. {{lb|en|telegraphy}} A [[telegraphic]] [[instrument]] for automatically [[retransmit]]ting a [[message]].
  9. {{lb|en|electronics}} An [[electronic]] device that receives a weak or low-level [[signal]] and retransmits it at a higher level or higher power.
  10. {{lb|en|horology}} A [[watch]] with a striking apparatus which, upon pressure of a spring, will indicate the time, usually in hours and quarters.
  11. {{lb|en|nautical}} A [[frigate]] appointed to attend an [[admiral]] in a [[fleet]], and to repeat the admiral's [[signal]]s.
  12. {{lb|en|nautical}} A [[pennant]] used to indicate that a certain [[flag]] in a [[hoist]] of [[signal]] is [[duplicate]]d{{defdate|19th century}}.

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