radio detection and ranging

Noun radio detection and ranging has 1 sense

• radio detection and ranging(n = noun.artifact) microwave radar, radar, radiolocation - measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects;
has parts: dish, dish aerial, dish antenna, saucer, cathode-ray oscilloscope, cro, oscilloscope, scope, pulse generator, wave guide, waveguide
has particulars: doppler radar, early warning radar, 3d radar, three-dimensional radar, weather radar
is a kind of measuring device, measuring instrument, measuring system