Meaning of radar | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative letter-case form of radar.
   alt-of, dated
2. In full primary radar: a method of detecting a distant object and determining its position, velocity, or other characteristics by analysing radio waves (usually microwaves) which are sent towards the object and which reflect off its surfaces; also, the field of study of this method
3. In full primary radar: a method of detecting a distant object and determining its position, velocity, or other characteristics by analysing radio waves (usually microwaves) which are sent towards the object and which reflect off its surfaces; also, the field of study of this method.
   uncountable
4. In full secondary radar: a method of detecting a distant object and determining its position, velocity, or other characteristics by analysing signals transmitted by the object in response to radio waves sent towards the object
5. In full secondary radar: a method of detecting a distant object and determining its position, velocity, or other characteristics by analysing signals transmitted by the object in response to radio waves sent towards the object.
   broadly, uncountable
6. Often preceded by a descriptive word: a system using one of the above detection methods, differentiated by configuration or platform, frequency, power, and other technical attributes
7. Often preceded by a descriptive word: a system using one of the above detection methods, differentiated by configuration or platform, frequency, power, and other technical attributes.
   countable
8. An installation of the apparatus for operating one of the above detection systems
9. An installation of the apparatus for operating one of the above detection systems.
   countable
10. Often preceded by a descriptive word: a natural (for example, in an animal such as a bat) or human-made detection method based on the analysis of reflected signals other than radio waves, as light waves or sound waves; an instance of this
11. Often preceded by a descriptive word: a natural (for example, in an animal such as a bat) or human-made detection method based on the analysis of reflected signals other than radio waves, as light waves or sound waves; (countable) an instance of this.
    broadly, uncountable
12. A superior ability to detect something; an awareness, an intuition.
    countable, figuratively

Equivalents

Examples

“They were able to find the enemy fleet using radar.”

“Although operational environments profoundly differ, both kinds of autonomous vehicles, groundcraft and aircraft, will still rely on conceptually the same sorts of sensors — cameras, radar and lidar — to perceive surroundings in real time.”

“The Ministry of Defence funded the development of an entirely new radar and improved avionics.”

“Evidence as to the audio monitor's reading is required to prove the [police] officer used the radar unit properly, and must be shown in order to secure a conviction for speeding when using radar.”

“Each of these aircraft has been upgraded with a new radar and a more powerful engine.”

“[T]he [depth] bombs must be tied to a grid of listening devices, radars and plotting instruments.”

“His sensitive radar for hidden alliances keeps him out of trouble.”

“Stanley: Geez, how'd ya know? / Happy: I got radar or something.”

“It [a goal] came inside 50 minutes and moments later [Edinson] Cavani should have had a 12th. [Paul] Pogba and [Luke] Shaw combined before the left-back's cross teed up the striker but his radar was awry.”

“Police traffic RADARs can provide a speed reading on a detected target, but they cannot measure the range to the target.”

“Multiple RADARs can be mounted at different parts of the vehicle, front and rear, to get the complete view of objects all round.”

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