DOVAP

[doh-vap]

noun

1. Electronics.,  a system for plotting the trajectory of a missile or other rapidly moving long-range object by means of the Doppler effect exhibited by radio waves bounced off the object.

DOVAP

/ ˈdəʊˌvæp /

noun

1. a tracking system for determining the position and velocity of spacecraft, missiles, etc, based on the Doppler effect

Word History and Origins

Origin of DOVAP¹

Do(ppler) V(elocity) a(nd) P(osition)

Word History and Origins

Origin of DOVAP¹

C20: from Do ( ppler ) v ( elocity ) a ( nd ) p ( osition )

Example Sentences

Last week, Dr. Dorritt Hoffleit, 41, a dark-haired spinster astronomer of the Harvard College Observatory, who helped develop DOVAP, explained how it works.

From Time Magazine Archive

DOVAP's ground set has a loudspeaker which blares out the DOppler wave.

From Time Magazine Archive