(はっしんげん)

はっしんげん
noun
source (of a signal, information, or transmission)
1. source (of a signal, information, or transmission)
The origin or starting point of a signal, message, broadcast, trend, or piece of information. Used both for technical transmissions and figuratively for the origin of ideas, trends, or rumors.
電波(でんぱ)発信源(はっしんげん)特定(とくてい)した
We identified the source of the signal.
うわさ発信源(はっしんげん)(だれ)だろう。
I wonder who is the source of the rumor.
That city is known as a source of new fashion trends.

発信源(はっしんげん) combines 発信(はっしん) (transmission/broadcasting) and (げん) (source/origin).

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