English > radar: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects. |
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| Synonyms | microwave radar, radio detection and ranging, radiolocation |
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| Parts | dish, dish aerial, dish antenna, saucer | directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation |
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| oscilloscope, scope, cathode-ray oscilloscope, CRO | electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities |
| pulse generator | A generator of single or multiple voltage pulses |
| waveguide, wave guide | A hollow metal conductor that provides a path to guide microwaves |
| Narrower | Doppler radar | radar that uses the Doppler shift to measure velocity |
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| early warning radar | A radar that is part of an early warning system |
| three-dimensional radar, 3d radar | radar that will report altitude as well as azimuth and distance of a target |
| weather radar | radar that is able to detect clouds and precipitation |
| Broader | measuring instrument, measuring system, measuring device | instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something |
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| Spanish | radar |
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| Catalan | radar, radiolocalització |
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