radar target
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5.3
- noun
- /ˈreɪˌdɑr ˈtɑrɡɪt/
- Specialized
:
objetivo de radar
- - We have a Radar target in port bow.
- balloon carrying a radar target
Examples
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The technician adjusted the radar system to accurately display the radar target near the coastline.
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One was vectored to an area, 10 miles out of the city, which showed radar targets.
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More interested in being more visible to others (our ragwing doesn't make a great radar target) and in being able to request flight following.
Blog text (27) -
Meanwhile, Fuentes had locked the radar target on his attack radar, which gave Borillo steering commands to an intercept position.
Fiction book (1991) -
He may have been furtive, yes, but sometimes F-22s are "wearing" a special radar target to radiate like a less furtive jet.
Blog text (14) -
We might want to fly into some Class C airspace, we might want to use flight following, and because we're fabric covered and don't create a great radar target, we would like to be more visible to ATC and other aircraft with radar or ADS-B in.
Blog text (27) -
During the military exercise, several radar targets were deployed to simulate enemy aircraft.
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The control center monitored the radar target to ensure it could track any incoming vessels.
Synonyms
917
2.0
An object people aim at in shooting or archery
33
8.6
A small mark on things like dice or cards
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5.9
A small mark on a radar screen that shows where an object is
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6.0
A signal that bounces back to a radio device and shows where something is
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an object detected or indicated by radar' is directly derivable from combining 'radar' (a device using radio waves to detect objects) with 'target' (an object that is aimed at or the focus of attention). This is a literal noun-noun composition following a common modifier pattern and is cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Radar target comes from early radar screens where moving objects showed as a bright dot or 'blip' on the display. People called the bright dot the target, so radar target now means the object or echo you see on a radar screen that shows where something is.