Search

The Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary

 
     
 

Encyclopedia

Dictionary

Quotes

 

Radar

Table of contents

English

Noun

Etymology

Acronym from radio detection and ranging.

Meanings

  1. A system to detect aircraft, ships and other objects in a certain area. It uses pulses of high frequency electromagnetic waves. It is similar to sonar, which uses sound instead of radio waves.

Translations

  • Chinese: 雷達 (léidá), car: 測速裝置 (cè sù zhuāngzhì) "speed-detecting equipment"
    radar c

See also

The contents of this article are licensed from Wikipedia.org under the GNU Free Documentation License. How to see transparent copy