transponder

English

Etymology

Blend of transmitter +‎ responder.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɒndə(ɹ)

Noun

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.

Derived terms

• emergency location transponder
• emergency locator transponder
• emergency transponder
• transpond

Translations

transceiver that transmits some signal in response to receiving a predetermined signal

• Catalan: transponedor m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 發射機應答器 / 发射机应答器 (zh) (fāshèjī yìngdáqì), 轉發器 / 转发器 (zhuǎnfāqì)

• Dutch: transponder (nl) m
• Finnish: transponderi (fi), toisiotutkavastain
• French: transpondeur (fr) m
• Georgian: ტრანსპონდერი (ṭransṗonderi), გადამცემ-მოპასუხე (gadamcem-moṗasuxe)
• German: Transponder (de) m
• Italian: transponder (it) m, trasponditore (it) m
• Japanese: トランスポンダ (toransuponda)
• Portuguese: transponder (pt) m
• Russian: транспо́ндер (ru) m (transpóndɛr)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: транспондер m

  Roman: transponder m

• Spanish: transponder m, transpondedor (es) m
• Welsh: trawsatebwr m

See also

• identification friend or foe

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English transponder.

Noun

transponder m (invariable)

1. transponder

   Synonym: trasponditore

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English transponder.

Noun

transponder m (plural transponders)

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