RADAR ECHO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does radar echo mean? 

• RADAR ECHO (noun)
  The noun RADAR ECHO has 1 sense:

1. an electronic signal that has been reflected back to the radar antenna; contains information about the location and distance of the reflecting object

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• RADAR ECHO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An electronic signal that has been reflected back to the radar antenna; contains information about the location and distance of the reflecting object

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

electronic signal (a signal generated by electronic means)

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

blip; pip; radar target (a radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface)

clutter (unwanted echoes that interfere with the observation of signals on a radar screen)