radio detection and ranging meaning

Noun: radio detection and ranging

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

Type of: measuring device, measuring instrument, measuring system

Encyclopedia: Radio detection and ranging

[Engineering]
See radar

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the original radar combined these two things, as its english name radar showed: radio detection and ranging.
the original radar combined these two things, as its english name radar showed : radio detection and ranging
The acronym RADAR was coined from " Radio Detection And Ranging ".
The Navy liked " radio detection and ranging, " or RADAR, which the British accepted by 1943.
When trying to detect ice, a Radar ( Radio Detection and Ranging ) is a very useful tool if correctly interpreted.