re|spond|er

re|spond|er
re|spond|er «rih SPON duhr», noun.
1. = respondent. (Cf. ↑respondent)
2. a device that reacts to stimuli, as a transmitter that returns signals in a radar system: »

Each responder can be set by the pilot to give out such code signal as he has been ordered to use (New Scientist).

3. a worker who gives immediate help in an emergency or disaster: »

emergency responder; first responders; The first responders rushed to aid the flood victims while the volunteer piano tuner who traveled to New Orleans to offer his services in the aftermath of the hurricane called himself a third responder.


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