radar

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Synonyms: adar, hadar, nadar, redar, radat, rada, padar, madar, ladar, kadar, zadar

Antonyms: adar, hadar, nadar, redar, radat, rada, padar, madar, ladar, kadar, zadar

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Noun

{{senseid|en|Q47528}}{{lb|en|uncountable}} ''In full'' '''primary radar''': a [[method#Noun|method]] of [[detect#Verb|detecting]] a [[distant]] [[object#Noun|object]] and [[determine|determining]] its [[position#Noun|position]], [[velocity]], or other [[characteristic#Noun|characteristics]] by [[analyze#Verb|analysing]] [[radio wave]]s (usually [[microwave#Noun|microwaves]]) which are [[send#Verb|sent]] towards the object and which [[reflect]] off its [[surface#Noun|surfaces]]; also, the [[field of study]] of this method.
{{senseid|en|non-radio-wave method}}{{lb|en|uncountable|by extension}} ''Often preceded by a descriptive word'': a [[natural#Adjective|natural]] (for example, in an [[animal#Noun|animal]] such as a [[bat#Noun|bat]]) or [[human-made]] detection method [[base#Verb|based]] on the [[analysis]] of [[reflected#Adjective|reflected]] signals other than radio waves, as [[light wave]]s or [[sound wave]]s; {{lb|en|countable}} an [[instance#Noun|instance]] of this.
{{lb|en|countable|figurative}} A [[superior#Adjective|superior]] [[ability]] to detect something; an [[awareness]], an [[intuition]].

{{lb|en|transitive}} To [[use#Verb|use]] a [[radar#Noun|radar]] [[apparatus]] ''(noun senses {{senseno|en|Q47528|-|pos=false}}, {{senseno|en|secondary radar|-|pos=false}}, or {{senseno|en|non-radio-wave method|-|pos=false}})'' on (someone or something); to [[scan#Verb|scan]] (someone or something) with, or as if with, radar.

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