responsor

noun
/ɹɪˈspɒn.sə/UK/ɹɪˈspɔn.səɹ/US/ɹɪˈspɒn.səɹ/CA/ɹɪˈspɔn.sə/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin respōnsor. First attested in the a. 1649. By surface analysis, clipping of responsory.

  1. derived from respōnsor

Definitions

  1. A receiver used in conjunction with an interrogator to receive and interpret signals from…

    A receiver used in conjunction with an interrogator to receive and interpret signals from a transponder.

    • The duplexing circuits are located between the interrogator and the responsor at the common feed point to the antenna transmission line.
    • The distance between two points at which radio stations are located is determined: at one point is an interrogator (radar) , at the other a responsor (radio beacon) .
    • For a secondary radar system, however, two conditions must be satisfied : St > st and Sr > sr where st and sr are the minimum signals which can be detected by the transponder and responsor respectively.
  2. A person who is assigned responsibility for daily care of a person with a chronic illness…

    A person who is assigned responsibility for daily care of a person with a chronic illness and for working with the health care professionals.

    • Often persons in the responsor role are limited in performing this role because of their own ailments.
    • Results indicated that the responsors were affected by the illness process.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for responsor. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA