RADAR
What does "RADAR" mean?
A system that detects objects and their range by bouncing radio waves off them.
Meanings
- A detection system using reflected radio waves to find the range, speed, and direction of objects. Air traffic control tracked the storm and the planes on radar.
- One's awareness or attention to a particular thing. That little startup is suddenly on every investor's radar. figurative
Did you know?
- RADAR is an acronym, not a Latin word: it stands for 'radio detection and ranging', coined by the US Navy in 1940 - and it happens to be a perfect palindrome.
- Radar helped win the Battle of Britain in 1940: Britain's Chain Home stations could spot incoming German aircraft far out to sea, letting outnumbered RAF fighters scramble only when and where they were needed.
Word origin
An acronym coined in 1940 from 'radio detection and ranging'; the word is also a palindrome, reading the same in both directions.
Remember it
RADAR reads the same backward and forward - just like a radio echo returning along the path it left on.
A little poem
A pulse leaves the dish-
it touches the unseen sky
and comes home, telling.
haiku
Wordplay
- I asked the palindrome where it learned to fly under detection. It just turned around and said the same thing: radar.
What it teaches
What you can't see, you can still measure - send a question outward and listen for what bounces back.
Quick facts
What does RADAR mean?
A system that detects objects and their range by bouncing radio waves off them.
Is RADAR a valid word?
Yes — RADAR is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is RADAR?
RADAR has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does RADAR come from?
An acronym coined in 1940 from 'radio detection and ranging'; the word is also a palindrome, reading the same in both directions.
What can RADAR teach us?
What you can't see, you can still measure - send a question outward and listen for what bounces back.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.