Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A transmitter and receiver housed together in a single unit and having some circuits in common, often for portable or mobile use.
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- noun A
combined radio transmitter andreceiver . - noun computing A
device that performstransmitting andreceiving functions , especially if usingcommon components .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Putting a gig of flash memory into that mouse transceiver is a great idea and could and will be very useful.
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The small unit is called the transceiver, or remote unit.
Archive 2004-10-01 David Fulton 2004
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The small unit is called the transceiver, or remote unit.
Daveman's Blog David Fulton 2004
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The transceiver was a beauty, a big gleaming metallic RCA, the latest model as used in the naval vessels of a dozen nationalities.
When Eight Bells Toll MacLean, Alistair, 1922-1987 1966
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Admittedly on first impressions it looks like a mobile phone; the fact it's described as a transceiver seems to suggest it could be a mobile phone.
TotalVideoGames.com 2010
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A transceiver is a combined transmitter/receiver in one unit, with the other column being a passive reflector that does not require an electrical connection.
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That's all they built; the transceiver was a stock
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The transceiver is another Alinco DX70 powered by a single 38Ah gel battery fixed to the bottom of the trolley, or a smaller and lighter 7Ah battery when in the back-pack.
eHam.net News 2009
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The transceiver is the ICOM 7000 with Bob Naggy's (AB5N) great mic modification.
eHam.net News 2009
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The RFID sensor or a reader / writer is pretty much the same except perhaps the transceiver is a bit more powerful and the micro-controller usually has more processing power than an RFID tag.
TechNet Blogs 2009
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