Watson-Watt

American  

[wot-suhn-wot] / ˈwɒt sənˈwɒt /

noun

1. Sir Robert Alexander, 1892–1973, Scottish physicist: helped develop radar.

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Watson-Watt British  

/ ˈwɒtsənˈwɒt /

noun

1. Sir Robert Alexander. 1892–1973, Scottish physicist, who played a leading role in the development of radar

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Watson-Watt Scientific  

/ wŏt′sən-wŏt′ /

1. British physicist who pioneered the development of radar. In 1919 he produced a system for locating thunderstorms by tracking their radio emissions. In the 1930s Watson-Watt led the team that developed radar into a practical system for locating aircraft.

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Watson-Watt

But Narraway — a nominally retired intelligence officer — has business with Iris Watson-Watt, a guest who works for Special Branch.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2019

After Watson-Watt is viciously attacked, the plan becomes urgent — but rest assured that Christmas will nonetheless be a holiday of good cheer.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2019

If one man ever really turned the tide of a war, a cheery Scottish scientist named Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt* might claim to be the man.

From Time Magazine Archive

U.S. progress in radar was paralleled by a team of British physicists under Sir Robert A. Watson-Watt.

From Time Magazine Archive

A member of the same family to which the inventor of the steam engine, James Watt, belonged, Watson-Watt worked on what was then called "radio location," a process of bouncing radio waves off distant objects.

From Time Magazine Archive