Transponder Definition

trăn-spŏndər
transponders
noun
A radio or radar transceiver that automatically transmits electrical signals when actuated by a specific signal from an interrogator.
Webster's New World

Any of the transceivers on a geostationary satellite that automatically relay signals, as of audio and video channels, from and to an earth station.

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Transponder

Noun

Singular:
transponder
Plural:
transponders

Origin of Transponder

  • Blend of transmitter and responder.

    From Wiktionary

  • tran(smitter) (re)sponder

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Transponder Sentence Examples

  • A microchip is a tiny, totally inert electronic transponder about the size of a grain of rice.

  • The Sonardyne's tsunami system is based on the Company's successful Compatt 5 seabed acoustic transponder.

  • The new improved and much smaller transponder, but is it as good?

  • The accuracy of the LBL in deepwater is a result of the geometry of the seabed transponder array.

  • The cost advantage is that a satellite transponder can carry up to 8 digital TV signals instead of a single FM TV signal.

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Words Starting With

TTRTRA

Words Ending With

RERDER

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Words Starting With T and Ending With R

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Word Length

11 Letter Words11 Letter Words Starting With T11 Letter Words Ending With R