HyperDic: radio_detection_and_ranging

English > 1 sense of the expression radio detection and ranging:
NOUNartifactradio detection and ranging, radar, microwave radar, radiolocationmeasuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects
English > radio detection and ranging: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
Meaningmeasuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
Synonymsradar, microwave radar, radiolocation
Partsdish, dish aerial, dish antenna, saucerdirectional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation
oscilloscope, scope, cathode-ray oscilloscope, CROelectronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities
pulse generatorA generator of single or multiple voltage pulses
waveguide, wave guideA hollow metal conductor that provides a path to guide microwaves
NarrowerDoppler radarradar that uses the Doppler shift to measure velocity
early warning radarA radar that is part of an early warning system
three-dimensional radar, 3d radarradar that will report altitude as well as azimuth and distance of a target
weather radarradar that is able to detect clouds and precipitation
Broadermeasuring instrument, measuring system, measuring deviceinstrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something
Spanishradar
Catalanradar, radiolocalització

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