designator
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- noun
- /dɪˈzaɪɡneɪtər/
- Specialized
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designador
- Maybe one of our former military personnel can verify this, but aren't the laser target designators turned on only when air cover is within minutes of the target?
- a laser designator
- a target designator
Examples
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For example, with our laser designator, we can paint your target while you're hidden in some canyon, so you can nail it from cover without ever being seen.
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The soldier used a designator to accurately mark the target for the airstrike.
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That would also be consistent with the report that operators on the roof were using a laser target designator.
Blog text (33) -
According to some reports, I don't know where from, someone had a laser designator on the weapon that killed two men.
Blog text (5) -
The safe house security officer had used a laser designator to target the mortar site firing at the safe house.
Blog text (22) -
It is the target dot of Sarah's laser designator.
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An AC-130U that sees the laser designator will have immediate lock on to the "painted" target... the enemy mortar shells are believed to be what killed the pair.
Blog text (22) -
During the training exercise, each unit was given a designator to identify their objectives.
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The technician explained how the designator works to pinpoint the coordinates for the drone strike.
Synonyms
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A worker who marks items so people can find or track them
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A person or device that identifies things from patterns such as faces and handwriting
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Someone or something that shows main parts and edges of an object
How Precise
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Designator comes from the Latin root signare, which means 'to mark', and you can see the same root in the words sign and design. So a designator is something that 'marks' or points out a target, like a laser that shows where to aim.