RADAR meaning: Detection system using radio waves

We found 52 dictionaries that define the word RADAR:

General (24 matching dictionaries)

radar: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
radar: Merriam-Webster
radar, radar: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
radar: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
radar: Collins English Dictionary
radar: Vocabulary.com
Radar, radar: Wordnik
radar: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Radar, Radar, Radar, Radar, Radar, Radar: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
RADAR, radar: Wiktionary
radar: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
radar: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
radar: Infoplease Dictionary
radar: Dictionary.com
radar: Online Etymology Dictionary
radar: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
RADAR (audio recorder), RADAR, Radar (disambiguation), Radar (magazine), Radar (radio station), Radar (song), Radar: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
radar: Rhymezone
RADAR, Radar: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
radar: FreeDictionary.org
radar: Mnemonic Dictionary
radar: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)

RADAR: Radio Programming and Production

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)

BABEL: Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms (No longer online)
radar: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)

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radar: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (5 matching dictionaries)

Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary (No longer online)
Army Technology Glossary (No longer online)
RADAR: Acronym Finder
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radar: Idioms

Science (4 matching dictionaries)

Environmental Terminology Discovery Service (No longer online)
Radar: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
RADAR: Extragalactic Astronomy
Radar: Cytokines & Cells Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)

radar: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
American-Australian Slang Dictionary (No longer online)
radar: Urban Dictionary

Tech (10 matching dictionaries)

radar: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
RADAR: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, CARTOGRAPHY, AND REMOTE SENSING
radar: Electronics
DOD Dictionary of Military Terms (No longer online)
Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
Explosives (No longer online)
National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)
Space and Electronic Warfare Lexicon (No longer online)
SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
Radar: Latitude Mexico

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Definitions from Wiktionary (RADAR)

▸ noun:  (uncountable) A method of detecting distant objects and determining their position, velocity, or other characteristics by analysis of sent radio waves (usually microwaves) reflected from their surfaces
▸ noun:  (countable) A type of system using such a method, differentiated by platform, configuration, frequency, power, and other technical attributes.
▸ noun:  (countable) An installation of such a system or of the transmitting and receiving apparatus.
▸ noun:  (countable, figuratively) A superior ability to detect something.
▸ verb:  To scan with radar, or as if with radar.
▸ noun:  Acronym of radio detection and ranging.

Opposite:

unnoticed, ignored, overlooked, neglected, disregarded

Types:

ground-penetrating, weather, air traffic control, military, more...

Phrases:

radar screen, Doppler radar, radar station, weather radar, radar antenna, more...

Adjectives:

airborne, synthetic, based, looking, penetrating, german, range, doppler, british, conventional, early

Colors:

green, black, white, red, blue, more...

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