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transceiver definition

☆ trans·ceiver (tran sē′vər)

noun

  1. an apparatus contained in a single housing, functioning alternately as a radio transmitter and receiver
  2. an electronic device that transmits and receives facsimile copies of printed material, pictures, etc. over a telephone line

Etymology: trans(mitter) + (re)ceiver

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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