▪ I. responsor
(rɪˈspɒnsə(r))
[f. response + -or.]
A device that receives and processes the reply from a transponder, being usu. incorporated in the same unit as the interrogator.
| 1945 Army & Navy Jrnl. 18 Aug. 1534/4 Responsor, receiver used specifically in IFF system to receive the reply to a challenge. 1947 A. Roberts Radar Beacons xviii. 388 A simple responsor using a lamp to locate a beacon in range. 1976 P. Honold Secondary Radar v. 208 Responsor, the receiver of responses. |
▪ II. † reˈsponsor
obs. var. responsory n. 1 b.
| a 1649 Crashaw Poems (1904) 218 The Versicle... The Responsor. Ibid. 219–229. |