🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

impianto radar

Pronunciation / Transliteration: imˈpjan.to ˈra.dar

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Radar facility/ˈreɪ.dɑːr fəˈsɪl.ə.ti/
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"L'impianto radar è fondamentale per la sicurezza aerea."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An installation equipped with radar transmitters and receivers used for detecting and tracking objects such as aircraft, ships, or weather systems.

    "The coastal radar facility tracked incoming aircraft long before they reached national airspace."
  2. 2

    A specialized station designed for air traffic control, meteorological monitoring, or military surveillance utilizing radio waves.

    "Technicians worked around the clock to upgrade the hardware at the regional weather radar facility."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Radar is an acronym coined in 1940 during World War II, derived from 'radio detection and ranging'. Facility originates from the Latin 'facilitas', meaning ease or readiness, evolving in the mid-19th century to denote a building or equipment built for a specific purpose.

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