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 and receiver.
  • noun computing A device that performs transmitting and receiving functions, especially if using common components.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[trans(mitter) + (re)ceiver.]

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Blend of transmitter and receiver.

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Examples

  • Putting a gig of flash memory into that mouse transceiver is a great idea and could and will be very useful.

    First notebook mouse with built-in memory | Sync Blog 2007

  • The small unit is called the transceiver, or remote unit.

    Archive 2004-10-01 David Fulton 2004

  • The small unit is called the transceiver, or remote unit.

    Daveman's Blog David Fulton 2004

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

    Manufacturingtalk - manufacturing industry news 2010

  • That's all they built; the transceiver was a stock

    freshnews.org - most clicked links 2009

  • 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

  • The transceiver is the ICOM 7000 with Bob Naggy's (AB5N) great mic modification.

    eHam.net News 2009

  • 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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