Sender definition

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Someone who sends.
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The definition of a sender is someone who caused something to be sent to a recipient.

An example of a sender is the person who put a letter in the mailbox.

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Also known as a source or a transmitter, a sender is a device that originates, or generates, an information transfer to one or more receivers. See also receiver and transmitter.
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A component of an electromagnetic crossbar (Xbar) or panel switch, a sender receives dialed digits from a register or routing information from a translator, and sends the appropriate dialed digits across a trunk or to local station equipment. See also panel switch, register, translator, and Xbar.
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Noun

Singular:
sender
Plural:
senders

Origin of sender

  • send + -er.

    From Wiktionary

Sender Sentence Examples

  • He is further the god of vegetation generally - Nomios, "god of pastures" (explained, however, by Cicero, as "god of law"), Hersos, " sender of the fertilizing dew."

  • Begin the letter at the top with the return address of the sender.

  • This consists of a receiving antenna similar to the sending antenna, and in any wireless telegraph station it is usual to make the one and the same antenna do duty as a receiver or sender by switching it over from one apparatus to the other.

  • The automatic curb sender was originally designed by Lord Kelvin for the purpose of diminishing the effect of inductive re- Au tardation in long cables.

  • No name was listed for the sender, only a return e-mail address of "metalman29."

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