- a word derived from direction finder.
Example Sentences
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Its experts can set up a dense network of direction-finding sensors and radars to identify and geolocate threats.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 23, 2025
Often he will alight in a very uncertain manner, moving his antennae about much the way a wireless operator will swing his direction-finding frame to discover the quarter from which the signals are coming.
From Scientific American • Oct. 1, 2021
The cadets spent several hours searching around Colony, utilizing direction-finding devices they’d trained with extensively to hone in on pings coming from the beacon in Kovarik’s plane.
From Washington Times • Dec. 22, 2014
Buchheim says the company has plans to add direction-finding features.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2013
That’s the usual time it takes your direction-finding equipment to ferret out the location of a hidden radio set.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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