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MICROWAVE RADAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does microwave radar mean? 

MICROWAVE RADAR (noun)
  The noun MICROWAVE RADAR has 1 sense:

1. measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objectsplay

  Familiarity information: MICROWAVE RADAR used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MICROWAVE RADAR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

microwave radar; radar; radio detection and ranging; radiolocation

Hypernyms ("microwave radar" is a kind of...):

measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)

Meronyms (parts of "microwave radar"):

dish; dish aerial; dish antenna; saucer (directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation)

cathode-ray oscilloscope; CRO; oscilloscope; scope (electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities)

pulse generator (a generator of single or multiple voltage pulses; usually adjustable for pulse rate)

wave guide; waveguide (a hollow metal conductor that provides a path to guide microwaves; used in radar)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "microwave radar"):

Doppler radar (radar that uses the Doppler shift to measure velocity)

early warning radar (a radar that is part of an early warning system)

3d radar; three-dimensional radar (radar that will report altitude as well as azimuth and distance of a target)

weather radar (radar that is able to detect clouds and precipitation)


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