RADIO DETECTION AND RANGING
Dictionary entry overview: What does radio detection and ranging mean?
• RADIO DETECTION AND RANGING (noun)
The noun RADIO DETECTION AND RANGING 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: RADIO DETECTION AND RANGING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• RADIO DETECTION AND RANGING (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 ("radio detection and ranging" 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 "radio detection and ranging"):
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 "radio detection and ranging"):
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)
