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Transponder

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Noun

1. transponder

electrical device designed to receive a specific signal and automatically transmit a specific reply

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Transponder

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noun
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

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Transponder

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noun
a radio or radar transceiver that automatically transmits electrical signals when actuated by a specific signal from an interrogator

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Transponder

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n.
A radio or radar transmitter-receiver activated for transmission by reception of a predetermined signal.

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