'radar' definitions:
Definition of 'radar'
(from WordNet)
noun
Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects [syn: radar, microwave radar, radio detection and ranging, radiolocation]
Definition of 'radar'
From: GCIDE
- radar \ra"dar\ (r[=a]"d[aum]r), n. [acronym from RAdio Detection And Ranging.]
- 1. An electronic device designed to detect objects at a distance, and determine their distance from the device, by transmitting a pulse of radio waves and measuring the time required for the echo of the pulse to return to the emitting device; as, the radar showed a plane approaching rapidly. For more information of radar, see the article What is Radar?. [acronym] [PJC]
- 2. The method of detecting objects, finding their distance, or determining their speed, by use of a radar[1] device; as, modern radar can detect objects as small as raindrops. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'radar'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- AA radar,
- AFC,
- AFC mixer,
- altimeter,
- amplifier,
- analyzer,
- astronavigation,
- automatic electronic navigation,
- automation,
- avionics,
- cascade screen,
- cathode-ray tube,
- celestial navigation,
- chronometer,
- coastwise navigation,
- consolan,
- CRT,
- CW oscillator,
- dead reckoning,
- demodulator,
- detector,
- discriminator,
- early-warning radar,
- electron microscopy,
- electron optics,
- electron physics,
- electronic engineering,
- electronic navigation,
- electronics,
- electrophysics,
- fix,
- frequency meter,
- gun-directing radar,
- hard-tube pulser,
- indicator,
- interception radar,
- limiter,
- line of position,
- local oscillator,
- long-range radar,
- loran,
- MAD radar,
- magnetron,
- microwave mixer,
- mixer,
- modulator,
- Navaglobe,
- navar,
- navigation,
- network pulser,
- Oboe,
- omnidirectional range,
- omnirange,
- oscillator,
- overlapping,
- panoramic radar,
- photoelectricity,
- pilotage,
- plane sailing,
- point-to-point navigation,
- potentiometer,
- pulse generator,
- radar telescope,
- radio,
- radio beacon,
- radio navigation,
- radionics,
- range-sweep amplifier,
- range-sweep generator,
- receiver,
- screen,
- second detector,
- sextant,
- shoran,
- sofar,
- sonar,
- square-wave generator,
- synchronizer,
- tables,
- tacan,
- teleran,
- television,
- timing unit,
- TR switch,
- TR unit,
- tracker,
- transistor physics,
- transmitter,
- trigatron,
- VAR,
- visual-aural range,
- Volscan