different between transponder vs repeater

English

Etymology

Blend of transmitter +? responder.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?nd?(?)

Noun

transponder (plural transponders)

1. A radio or radar transceiver that transmits some signal in response to receiving a predetermined signal

Related terms

• transpond

Translations

See also

• identification friend or foe

Portuguese

Noun

transponder m (plural transponders)

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

English

Etymology

repeat +? -er

Noun

repeater (plural repeaters)

1. One who or that which repeats.
2. (education) A student repeating a course or class.
3. (medicine) A patient who repeatedly presents with the same symptoms.
4. (marketing) A consumer who repeatedly purchases the same goods or services.
5. (US) One who votes more than once at an election.
6. In ufology and similar studies, a person who regularly sees unexplained sightings of paranormal phenomena.

   Note – this term is more commonly used by skeptics of the paranormal, and implies that the witness lacks credibility.

7. (firearms) A gun that has a store of cartridges and does not need reloading after each shot.
8. A telegraphic instrument for automatically retransmitting a message.
9. (electronics) An electronic device that receives a weak or low-level signal and retransmits it at a higher level or higher power.
10. A watch with a striking apparatus which, upon pressure of a spring, will indicate the time, usually in hours and quarters.
11. (nautical) A frigate appointed to attend an admiral in a fleet, and to repeat the admiral's signals.
12. (nautical) A pennant used to indicate that a certain flag in a hoist of signal is duplicated.

    (Can we find and add a quotation of Ham. Nav. Encyc to this entry?)

13. (mathematics) A repeating decimal.
14. (textiles) In calico printing, a design repeated at equal intervals in a pattern.

Derived terms

• banner repeater

Translations

Anagrams

• Pear Tree, pear tree, peartree, repartee, repartée, rerepeat