transponder
IPA: trænspˈɑndɝ
noun
- A radar or radio transceiver that transmits some signal in response to receiving a predetermined signal.
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Examples of "transponder" in Sentences
- This program erases the transponder number,
- They need to be equipped with a transponder.
- There is no discount for using a transponder.
- A transponder is not required for VFR flight.
- Replacement with a standard transponder is required.
- Nonetheless, they are able to retrieve the transponder.
- They then affix that transponder to the machine to be raced.
- Consumers are not required to pay the cost of the transponder.
- A typical system is composed of a transponder and an interrogator.
- The transponder system is a miniaturized digital communications transponder.
- They had a faulty transponder, which is that device which enhances your radar signal.
- Also, with Ku-band (geostationary orbit) satellites, each transponder is pointing at a sector.
- The transponder is what communicates with the toll system to electronically pay a driver’s fee.
- Its transponder, which is what allows radar to see it more clearly, had been turned off by the hijackers.
- Well, if you put a code into the transponder, which is kind of like dialing a frequency on your radio at home, that's pretty cut and dry.
- They have to have a specific code in their transponder, which is designed to enhance their signals with radar so that the controllers know who they are.
- COLLINS: And, of course, we are aware that a hijacking alert, otherwise known as the transponder code on these aircraft, was put intact, meaning that something was happening in that survey.
- At 8: 13 Pete Zalewski sees the information on his radar screen that the transponder is no longer transmitting, that the pilot of American Airlines flight 11 is no longer responding and that the flight route has been changed.
- Your ship was flying at warp 1.1 in a non-designated area, your identification transponder is not functioning, and your warp field is not dampened†¦ click†¦ please stand by†¦ click†¦ click†¦ Sir, Sol is in the Sirius Sector, but this ship is not registered.
- Since 9/11, this whole area around here that looks like a giant Mickey Mouse-shaped deal, is prohibited as well for pilots who do not have communication with air-traffic control, and do not have a specific code in their box, called a transponder, which helps identify them on radar.
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