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radarscope

American

[rey-dahr-skohp] / ˈreɪ dɑrˌskoʊp /

noun

the viewing screen of radar equipment.

radarscope British

/ ˈreɪdɑːˌskəʊp /

noun

a cathode-ray oscilloscope on which radar signals can be viewed. In a plan position indicator , the target is represented by a blip on a radial line that rotates around a point, representing the antenna

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Etymology

Origin of radarscope

First recorded in 1945–50; radar + -scope

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radarscope

Then he muffed a couple of radarscope problems.

From Time Magazine Archive

Braced against the roll of his little Navy supply ship T-AKL 17, Skipper Sixto Mangual stared at the soft glow of a radarscope.

From Time Magazine Archive

That, is perhaps the least of the many implausibilities Badham hustles the audience past, cool-eyed, professional as any air-traffic controller with his eyes glued to the radarscope.

From Time Magazine Archive

A "skunk," in Navy parlance, is any unidentified ship that pops up on a radarscope.

From Time Magazine Archive

For months a temperature inversion may cause 50 or 75 targets to appear on the radarscope.

From The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Ruppelt, Edward J.

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