DOVAP

American

[doh-vap] / ˈdoʊ væp /

noun

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 British

/ ˈdəʊˌvæp /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of DOVAP

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

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