RADAR


Meaning of RADAR in English

■ noun a system for detecting the presence, direction, and speed of aircraft, ships, etc., by sending out pulses of radio waves which are reflected off the object back to the source.

Origin

1940s: from ra(dio) d(etection) a(nd) r(anging) .

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