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Radar

noun

Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects. Synonyms: microwave radar, radio detection and ranging, radiolocation.

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"Radar" Quotes from Famous Books

... over the word "proof" boils down to one question: What constitutes proof? Does a UFO have to land at the River Entrance to the Pentagon, near the Joint Chiefs of Staff offices? Or is it proof when a ground radar station detects a UFO, sends a jet to intercept it, the jet pilot sees it, and locks on with his radar, only to have the UFO streak away at a phenomenal speed? Is it proof when a jet pilot fires at a UFO and sticks to his story even under ...

— The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects • Edward Ruppelt

... a big 'un, Jack," said the instrument man. His eyes were on the radar screen. It not only gave him a picture of the body of the slowly spinning mountain, but the distance and the angular and radial velocities. A duplicate of the instrument gave the ...

— Thin Edge • Gordon Randall Garrett

... com-tech to think of a thing like that! A small adjustment to the earphones built into his helmet, and Soriki, operating the flitter com, could give him a guide as efficient as the spacer's radar! He need not fear being lost in the streets should he lose touch with those ...

— Star Born • Andre Norton

... cadet who could "take apart a rocket engine and put it back together again with his thumbs," thundered below to the atomic rockets he loved more than anything else in the universe. Roger Manning, the third member of the famed Polaris unit, raced up the narrow ladder leading to the radar bridge to take command ...

— The Revolt on Venus • Carey Rockwell

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