Crossword clues for annunciator
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Annunciator \An*nun"ci*a`tor\, n. [L. annuntiator.]
One who announces. Specifically: An officer in the church of Constantinople, whose business it was to inform the people of the festivals to be celebrated.
An indicator (as in a hotel) which designates the room where attendance is wanted.
Wiktionary
n. 1 Anything that announces something 2 # An officer in the church of Constantinople, whose business it was to inform the people of the festivals to be celebrated. 3 A signalling device that shows which of several electrical circuits is active, especially such a device in a telephone switchboard 4 (cx UK railways English) A buzzer in a signal box that sounds when a train activates a treadle positioned on the track, and thus provides a warning or announcement of a nearby train.
WordNet
n. an indicator that announces which electrical circuit has been active (as on a telephone switchboard)
Usage examples of "annunciator".
And then the annunciator uttered its two-tone three-note whistle and even the legends went quiet.
He wanted to thump the annunciator panel with his fist and say all of the things that had come boiling up inside him-anything to relieve his frustration.
Jim stared at the annunciator in silence for six seconds that felt like six hours.
He had spent the whole morning alone, speaking to anonymous underlings via screen or annunciator, and requisitioning material from an even more impersonal computer.
The everlasting annunciator chimed, and Walton switched on the screen.
He sent a note to Lee Percy requesting him to stop by and see him in an hour, and told his annunciator that for no reason whatsoever was he to be disturbed for the next sixty minutes.
Mandelbaum had hardly settled into his chair when the annunciator spoke.
Above their heads the annunciator went into a quiet, controlled frenzy.
Conway became aware that the annunciator which had been droning out messages in the background was now calling his name.
The chronometer on the bulkhead read 20:00 hours when the annunciator buzzed.
He had just finished when he heard his name over the annunciator again, ordering him to Lock Six to await instructions there.
They were in the dining hall one day when Conway became aware that the annunciator which had been droning out messages in the background was now calling his name.
Close beside him the wall annunciator was informing everyone in the hospital that there was contamination in the region of Lock Six, while below it the intercom unit was emitting red light and harsh buzzing sounds as somebody in Maintenance Division tried to find out whether or not the contaminated area was occupied.
From here the screens were powered, the annunciators were linked, the phones connected.
From the wall annunciators there poured out a staccato howl of static through which could be dimly heard an alien gobbling which was presumably the SRTT sound tape.