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10 Language-to-English DictionariesRadar dish
/ˈreɪ.dɑːr dɪʃ/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A concave, parabolic antenna used to transmit and receive radio waves for detecting the position, speed, and other characteristics of remote objects.
"The massive radar dish slowly rotated on the top of the weather station, scanning the horizon for approaching storms." - 2
A satellite dish or similar directional reflector used in telecommunications and astronomy.
"Astronomers used the large radar dish to bounce signals off near-Earth asteroids for mapping purposes."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'radar', an acronym coined in 1940 for 'radio detection and ranging' from British developments based on earlier wireless pulsing techniques, with 'dish', derived from Old English 'disc' and Latin 'discus', describing the concave, plate-like physical shape utilized to focus radio waves.
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antenne parabolique
Transliteration: /ɑ̃.tɛn pa.ʁa.bɔ.lik/
"L'antenne parabolique détecte les signaux de l'espace lointain."
Radarschüssel
Transliteration: /ˈʁaːdaʁˌʃʏsl̩/
"Die Radarschüssel drehte sich unermüdlich am Horizont."
antenna parabolica
Transliteration: /anˈtɛn.na pa.raˈbɔ.li.ka/
"L'antenna parabolica riceve le trasmissioni dal satellite."
antena parabólica
Transliteration: /anˈte.na pa.ɾaˈβo.li.ka/
"La antena parabólica capta las señales de radar."
antena parabólica
Transliteration: /ɐ̃ˈtɛ.nɐ pa.ɾaˈbɔ.li.kɐ/
"A antena parabólica rastreia o movimento no espaço aéreo."
रडार डिश
Transliteration: radār ḍiś
"मौसम की जानकारी के लिए रडार डिश का उपयोग किया जाता है।"
雷达天线
Transliteration: léidá tiānxiàn
"巨型雷达天线正在扫描天空以寻找飞行器。"
레이더 안테나
Transliteration: reideo antena
"거대한 레이더 안테나가 기상 관측을 위해 회전하고 있다."
レーダーディッシュ
Transliteration: rēdā disshu
"観測所には大きなレーダーディッシュが設置されています。"
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