Definition of Transponder

1. Noun. Electrical device designed to receive a specific signal and automatically transmit a specific reply.

Generic synonyms: Electrical Device

Definition of Transponder

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

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Transponder

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Transponder

transplantation of cornea
transplantation reaction
transplantations
transplanted
transplantee
transplanter
transplanters
transplanting
transplants
transplastomic
transplendency
transplendent
transpleural
transplutonium
transpolar
transponder
transponders
transpontine
transporionic axis
transport
transport antibiotic
transport café
transport diseases
transport host
transport interchange
transport medium
transport number
transport protein
transport ship
transport stage

Literary usage of Transponder

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. National Regulation of Inter-state Commerce by Charles Carroll Bonney (1882)
"First, the bandwidth ratio of a high-power DBS channel (full transponder) to a terrestrial broadcast television channel is 24/6 = 4:1. ..."

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