sea return

American  

noun

Electronics.

1. radar signals that are reflected by a body of water and hamper target identification.

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Example Sentences

“These great men, in this respect, should be one a year — ‘Like bubbles on the sea of matter borne, They rise, they break, and to that sea return.’”

From Seattle Times

But even if it were recorded, a spokesman points out, the momentary disappearance of a ship on a radar screen is a common occurrence, the result of rain clutter, sea "return" or other natural causes.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the center, a ragged splash of light reflected the "sea return," the radar echo bouncing back from the vicious waves of the gale-roiled Atlantic.

From Time Magazine Archive

Beyond the sea return there was only the icy Atlantic night.

From Time Magazine Archive

Beyond the sea return�twelve miles away by the scale of the scope�a smaller blob of light pinpointed the position where Texas Tower 4,* a man-made Air Force radar island, was riding the storm.

From Time Magazine Archive