Meanings
plural transponders
- A radar or radio transceiver that transmits some signal in response to receiving a predetermined signal.
36 MHz transponder providing a pool of 794 reallocatable frequencies.
1976, James Martin, Telecommunications and the Computer1 more example
Adult animals were implanted with E-Mitter transponders intraabdominally to record body temperature and locomotor activity continuously.
2015 December 3, “Abnormal Motor Activity and Thermoregulation in a Schizophrenia Rat Model for Translational Science”, in PLOS ONE, →DOISynonyms: parrot
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA radar or radio transceiver that transmits some signal in response to receiving a predetermined signal.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian транспондер
- транспондер (transponder)transceiver that transmits some signal in response to receiving a predetermined signal
Catalan transponedor
- transponedortransceiver that transmits some signal in response to receiving a predetermined signal
Chinese Mandarin 發射機應答器 /发射机应答器, 轉發器 /转发器
- 發射機應答器 /发射机应答器 (fāshèjī yìngdáqì)transceiver that transmits some signal in response to receiving a predetermined signal
- 轉發器 /转发器 (zhuǎnfāqì)transceiver that transmits some signal in response to receiving a predetermined signal
Dutch transponder
- transpondertransceiver that transmits some signal in response to receiving a predetermined signal
Finnish transponderi, toisiotutkavastain
- transponderitransceiver that transmits some signal in response to receiving a predetermined signal
- toisiotutkavastaintransceiver that transmits some signal in response to receiving a predetermined signal
French transpondeur
- transpondeurtransceiver that transmits some signal in response to receiving a predetermined signal
German Transponder
- Transpondertransceiver that transmits some signal in response to receiving a predetermined signal
Italian transponder, trasponditore
- transpondertransceiver that transmits some signal in response to receiving a predetermined signal
- trasponditoretransceiver that transmits some signal in response to receiving a predetermined signal
Japanese トランスポンダ
- トランスポンダ (toransuponda)transceiver that transmits some signal in response to receiving a predetermined signal
Polish transponder
- transpondertransceiver that transmits some signal in response to receiving a predetermined signal
Portuguese transponder
- transpondertransceiver that transmits some signal in response to receiving a predetermined signal
Russian транспо́ндер
- транспо́ндер (transpóndɛr)transceiver that transmits some signal in response to receiving a predetermined signal
Spanish transponder, transpondedor
- transpondertransceiver that transmits some signal in response to receiving a predetermined signal
- transpondedortransceiver that transmits some signal in response to receiving a predetermined signal
Vietnamese bộ phát đáp
- bộ phát đáptransceiver that transmits some signal in response to receiving a predetermined signal
Welsh trawsatebwr
- trawsatebwrtransceiver that transmits some signal in response to receiving a predetermined signal
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with transponder
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transponder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transponder
“transponder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transponder. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transponder,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transponder.
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