radio tagn.2
/ˈreɪdɪəʊ ˌtaɡ/, U.S. /ˈreɪdioʊ ˌtæɡ/ A very small radio transmitter that can be attached to an object, animal, etc., to enable its location to be tracked from the radio signals it transmits.
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1977 Ecol. Monogr. 47 334/1 Weddell seals... We have only just begun to investigate copulatory frequency (with ‘proximity’ radiotags and vaginal smears).
1978 Science 3 Nov. 521/3 We report here the remote implantation of a radio tag in a fin whale and subsequent tracking of the whale for 27 hours.
2003 Foreign Policy May–June 92/2 Aula members wear miniature radio beacons, or ‘radio tags’, to create a wireless network members can use to find and communicate with one another.
2004 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 1 July c4/5 Delta Air Lines said yesterday that it planned to use disposable radio tags to track all luggage it handles at domestic airports.
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