transponder

Definition

  • noun: a device that receives a radio signal and sends out a signal in response and that is used especially to show the location of something (such as an airplane)
  • noun: a radio or radar set that upon receiving a designated signal emits a radio signal of its own and that is used especially for the detection, identification, and location of objects and in satellites for relaying communications signals

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) - It's been a long time, General. Come on inside. hours ago, we lost a chopper... carrying a cabinet minister and his aide from this charming little country. We've got a transponder fixed on their position... about here. This cabinet minister, does he always travel on the wrong side of the border? (..)
    1987 Predator