radarscope

1 7.4

A screen that shows where planes or ships are by radar

noun
/ˈreɪdərˌskoʊp/

Specialized

: radar

Though a mere blip on the radarscope of North American authorities responsible for municipal solid waste (MSW), anaerobic digestion (AD) appears to be one part of the solution if its growing record of success in Europe is any indication of possible performance on this side of the Atlantic Ocean.

Examples

Fuentes looked up from his radarscope just in time to see his plane's wingtip drift ever so slowly toward Tamalko's right wing.

Fiction book (1991)
The pilot monitored the approaching storm on the radarscope to ensure a safe flight path.
As the blip moved away from the center, the technician adjusted the controls on the radarscope to track the object more accurately.
The air traffic controller relied on the radarscope to guide the incoming flights safely to the airport.

Synonyms

monitor

vsradarscope

107 3.3

A screen that shows pictures from a computer

is specialized for showing radar-detected object positions rather than general electronic output

Surface Forms

radarscope singular

radarscopes plural

Morphology

radarscope = radar + scope (semi-transparent) = radar + scope

The word clearly combines 'radar' and 'scope', but the exact sense refers to a specialized display device rather than a fully predictable everyday compound.

Etymology

Radarscope comes from the words radar and scope. Radar began as a short name from the phrase 'radio detection and ranging', meaning finding things with radio waves, and scope means 'to look', as in telescope, so a radarscope is the screen where you 'look' at what the radar has found and see the position of objects.