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radome

American  
[rey-dohm] / ˈreɪˌdoʊm /

noun

  1. a dome-shaped device used to house a radar antenna.


radome British  
/ ˈreɪdəʊm /

noun

  1. a protective housing for a radar antenna made from a material that is transparent to radio waves

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of radome

1940–45; blend of radar and dome

Example Sentences

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Rather than an orb, it installed a radome that was flat at the top and was described as looking like an upside-down cup and saucer.

From Washington Post • Mar. 4, 2023

By 2007, any radome on the original Dulles tower was unnecessary.

From Washington Post • Mar. 4, 2023

The antenna will fit inside an existing radome in the aircraft’s tail.

From Forbes • Sep. 16, 2014

That underscores how remarkable it was last month when Mr. Childs publicly expressed disappointment with the decision by his clients not to build a radome, as such structures are known, to enclose the mast.

From New York Times • Jun. 12, 2012

Balanced like spokes on a bicycle wheel, protected from the weather by a golf-ball-looking dome that is the world's largest metal-frame radome, Haystack is now tuned and ready.

From Time Magazine Archive

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