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Definition of Ticker
1. Noun. The hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body. "He stood still, his heart thumping wildly"
Generic synonyms: Internal Organ, Viscus
Terms within: Arteria Coronaria, Coronary Artery, Cardiac Muscle, Heart Muscle, Cardiac Valve, Heart Valve, Valve
Specialized synonyms: Athlete's Heart, Biauriculate Heart
Group relationships: Cardiovascular System, Circulatory System
2. Noun. A small portable timepiece.
Specialized synonyms: Analog Watch, Digital Watch, Hunter, Hunting Watch, Pendulum Watch, Pocket Watch, Stem-winder, Wrist Watch, Wristwatch
Terms within: Crystal, Watch Crystal, Watch Glass, Face, Movement, Watch Case
Generic synonyms: Horologe, Timekeeper, Timepiece
Derivative terms: Tick
3. Noun. A character printer that automatically prints stock quotations on ticker tape.
Generic synonyms: Character Printer, Character-at-a-time Printer, Serial Printer
Definition of Ticker
1. n. One who, or that which, ticks, or produces a ticking sound, as a watch or clock, a telegraphic sounder, etc.
2. n. A telegraphic receiving instrument that automatically prints off stock quotations (
Definition of Ticker
1. Noun. A measuring or reporting device, particularly one which makes a ticking sound as the measured events occur. ¹
2. Noun. A stock ticker. ¹
3. Noun. A news ticker. ¹
4. Noun. (context: colloquial) The heart. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ticker
1. one that ticks [n -S] - See also: ticks
Medical Definition of Ticker
1. One who, or that which, ticks, or produces a ticking sound, as a watch or clock, a telegraphic sounder, etc. 2. The heart. [Colloq] 3. (a) A stock ticker. (b) A news ticker, similar to a stock ticker, but used for printing news transmitted by wire. Ticker tape Tape from or designed to be used in a stock ticker, usu. Of paper and being narrow but long. Stock ticker, an electro-mechanical information receiving device connected by telegraphic wire to a stock exchange, and which prints out the latest transactions or news on stock exchanges, commonly found in the offices of stock brokers. By 1980 largely superseded by electronic stock quotation devices. Ticker tape parade A parade to honor a person, held in New York City, during which people in the tall buildings of Manhattan throw large quantities of paper, confetti, paper ribbons, or the like onto the parading group. The name comes form the ticker tape originally thrown onto the parade when it passed stockbrokers' offices in lower Manhattan, before stock tickers became obsolete. See: Tick. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ticker
Literary usage of Ticker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Wireless Telegraphy by Jonathan Adolf Wilhelm Zenneck (1915)
"Construction of Interrupter for ticker Method.—The construction of a good practical
interrupter for use in the ticker systems, is not so simple as might at ..."
2. Telegraph Engineering: A Manual for Practicing Telegraph Engineers and by Erich Hausmann (1915)
"ticker Telegraphs. — A ticker telegraph system comprises a transmitter and a number
... The various ticker systems for the dissemination of news and stock ..."
3. Telegraph Engineering: A Manual for Practicing Telegraph Engineers and by Erich Hausmann (1915)
"ticker Telegraphs. — A ticker telegraph system comprises a transmitter and a number
... The various ticker systems for the dissemination of news and stock ..."
4. Telegraph Engineering: A Manual for Practicing Telegraph Engineers and by Erich Hausmann (1922)
"ticker Telegraphs. — A ticker telegraph system comprises a transmitter and a number
... The various ticker systems for the dissemination of news and stock ..."
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