transponder

Blend of transmitter +‎ responder.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tɹænˈspɒn.də/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /tɹænˈspɑn.dɚ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɒndə(ɹ)

transponder (plural transponders)

1. A radar or radio transceiver that transmits some signal in response to receiving a predetermined signal.

   Synonym: (slang) parrot

   • 1976, James Martin, Telecommunications and the Computer:

     36 MHz transponder providing a pool of 794 reallocatable frequencies.

   • 2015 December 3, “Abnormal Motor Activity and Thermoregulation in a Schizophrenia Rat Model for Translational Science”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Adult animals were implanted with E-Mitter transponders intraabdominally to record body temperature and locomotor activity continuously.

• identification friend or foe

Borrowed from English transponder.

transponder m (invariable)

1. transponder

   Synonym: trasponditore

Unadapted borrowing from English transponder.

transponder m (plural transponders)

1. transponder (transceiver that transmits a signal in response to another)