Sentence examples for the transponder from inspiring English sources
noun
A radio or radar transceiver that transmits some signal in response to receiving a predetermined signal.
For G.M., the transponder keys are the second generation.
Someone in the cockpit had switched off the transponder.
Texas Instruments sells the transponder for Speedpass and other systems.
Moving to the transponder system has had several effects.
The transponder was switched off near the Igari waypoint over the South China Sea.
Its oversize head includes not only the transponder but also keyless-entry buttons.
"You press the transponder, the garage door opens and you're back in the cocoon".
He hadn't been plucked and the transponder was still on him.
And the ACARS could, indeed, have stopped working simultaneously with the transponder, at 1 21.
Perhaps hijackers had disabled the transponder; maybe the crew was trying to turn back.
The transponder, the equipment that was switched off, was American-built.
