Synonyms for transponder
trænˈspɒn dərtranspon·der

Princeton's WordNet

1. transpondernoun

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

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1. • Electrical Device

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1. List of paraphrases for "transponder":

   repeater, transceiver, pulse

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How to use transponder in a sentence?

1. Matthew Wright:

   There is often some evidence that they have been disguising their activities by turning off their AIS transponder.

2. Michelle Wiese Bockmann:

   Any tanker with Iranian crude follows a similar pattern of behavior : they do that by turning off their AIS transponder, turning it on and off in order to circumvent being tracked, they have deliberately taken measures to circumvent identifying the ship's destination, location and cargo origin.