microwave radar

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsradarradio detection and rangingradiolocation

   Broadermeasuring instrument

   NarrowerDoppler radarearly warning radarthree-dimensional radarweather radar

   Partsdishoscilloscopepulse generatorwaveguide

Questions about microwave radar

What does microwave radar mean?

microwave radar means "measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects".

What is another word for microwave radar?

Close synonyms include radar, radio detection and ranging, radiolocation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is microwave radar a common word?

microwave radar is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.