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radar telescope

American  

noun

  1. (in radar astronomy) a very large radar antenna used to study planetary bodies in the solar system.


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It was also a radar telescope, capable of transmitting powerful beams out to objects in the solar system.

From Scientific American Oct. 20, 2022

Any radio dish can be used as a radar telescope if it is equipped with a powerful transmitter as well as a receiver.

From Textbooks Oct. 13, 2016

The largest radar telescope currently in operation is a 305-meter bowl at Arecibo.

From Textbooks Oct. 13, 2016

In the back of Sir Robert's head: a "radar telescope" which will magnify on its scope any object of interest within the range of the beam.

From Time Magazine Archive

Air Force's radar telescope at Westford, Mass. got a good fix and estimated that its perigee is about 150 miles above the surface.

From Time Magazine Archive

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