DORAN

[ dawr-an, dohr- ]

noun

1. an electronic device for determining range and assisting navigation, employing the principle of the Doppler effect.

Word History and Origins

Origin of DORAN¹

Do(ppler) ran(ge)

Example Sentences

Doran has no judicial experience and is the former executive director of the North Carolina Institute for Constitutional Law.

From The Daily Beast

Our friend Tom Doran jokes that Livingstone seems to be running for mayor of Karachi as his next job.

From The Daily Beast

Tom Doran sends us this video reminder that humor helped the British prevail in the Second World War.

From The Daily Beast

Tom Doran on the superb comedy of Gary Larson's 'The Far Side'

From The Daily Beast

Tom Doran, our Welsh friend, will be writing a regular Friday post on comedy.

From The Daily Beast

Doran stated that he was the author of the handbill distributed in Everett prior to the attempted meeting of November 5th.

From Project Gutenberg

And then he told me of Captain Doran's brother-in-law, a severe master, who ever wanted to buy me to make me his overseer.

From Project Gutenberg

Doran, A. Subtotal Hysterectomy: after history of sixty cases.

From Project Gutenberg

Then, sensitive to all that was dramatic, something in the quality of Max Doran's silence struck her.

From Project Gutenberg

John Doran had died under an operation when Max was ten, but he had adored his father, and still adored his memory.

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