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sea return

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noun

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


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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

Twenty miles south of Scotland Light they dump their burdens into the dark sea, return.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

Give up the sea; return to your wife or come to us.

From Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel by Charlotte Brewster Jordan

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