radar

Definitions of radar
  1. noun
    radar that will report altitude as well as azimuth and distance of a target
  2. noun
    measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects
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    types:
    radar de surveillance
    a radar that is part of an early warning system
    type of:
    instrument de mesure, mesureur
    instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something
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