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- noun a
beacon that, on detecting aradar signal , transmits acoded navigation signal
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- noun a device that, on receiving radar signals, transmits coded signals in response to help navigators determine their position
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Walsh is an accomplished smiler, racon - teur, and glad-hander, but that doesn't mean he isn't smart.
Honeymoon Patterson, James 2005
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** Con nas racon fe aplica i Roma» — 31, Capai'» '
Lexicon vniversae rei nvmariae vetervm et praecipve Graecorvm ac Romanorvm: cvm observationibvs ... 1793
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