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radar

noun / verb

Meaning

  1. nounIn 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.

    Example: They were able to find the enemy fleet using radar.

  2. verbTo use a radar apparatus (noun senses 1, 1.1, or 2) on (someone or something); to scan (someone or something) with, or as if with, radar.
  3. nounIn 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.

Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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