RADAR

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does radar mean? 

• RADAR (noun)
  The noun RADAR has 1 sense:

1. measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects

  Familiarity information: RADAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RADAR (noun)

Meaning:

Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

microwave radar; radar; radio detection and ranging; radiolocation

Hypernyms ("radar" is a kind of...):

measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)

Meronyms (parts of "radar"):

dish; dish aerial; dish antenna; saucer (directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation)

cathode-ray oscilloscope; CRO; oscilloscope; scope (electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities)

pulse generator (a generator of single or multiple voltage pulses; usually adjustable for pulse rate)

wave guide; waveguide (a hollow metal conductor that provides a path to guide microwaves; used in radar)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "radar"):

Doppler radar (radar that uses the Doppler shift to measure velocity)

early warning radar (a radar that is part of an early warning system)

3d radar; three-dimensional 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)