Meaning Of The Word Radar

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What's The Definition Of Radar?

radar
variable noun: Radar is a way of discovering the position or speed of objects such as aircraft or ships when they cannot be seen, by using radio signals.

radar in American English
any of several systems or devices using transmitted and reflected radio waves for detecting a reflecting object, as an aircraft, and determining its direction, distance, height, or speed, or in storm detection, mapping, navigation, etc.
noun: a device for determining the presence and location of an object by measuring the time for the echo of a radio wave to return from it and the direction from which it returns

radar in British English
noun: a method for detecting the position and velocity of a distant object, such as an aircraft. A narrow beam of extremely high-frequency radio pulses is transmitted and reflected by the object back to the transmitter, the signal being displayed on a radarscop

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