transponder

[tran-spon-der] Origin

tran·spon·der

[tran-spon-der]
noun
a radio, radar, or sonar transceiver that automatically transmits a signal upon reception of a designated incoming signal.
Also, tran·spon·dor.


Origin:
1940–45; trans(mitter) + (res)ponder
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World English Dictionary
transponder or transpondor (trænˈspɒndə)
 
n
1.  a type of radio or radar transmitter-receiver that transmits signals automatically when it receives predetermined signals
2.  the receiver and transmitter in a communications or broadcast satellite, relaying received signals back to earth
 
[C20: from transmitter + responder]
 
transpondor or transpondor
 
n
 
[C20: from transmitter + responder]

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Word Origin & History

transponder
1945, from trans(mit) + (res)pond + -er
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Science Dictionary
transponder   (trān-spŏn'dər)  Pronunciation Key 
A radio or radar transmitter and receiver that responds to an incoming signal either by broadcasting its own predetermined signal (as in aircraft identification systems) or by relaying the incoming signal at a different frequency (as in satellite communications).
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