Radar (Radio Detection and Ranging) uses the 0.8 cm-1 m waveband.
The name radar came from the acronym RADAR, coined by the U.S. Navy in 1940 as a cover for their secret activities in Radio Detection And Ranging.
Radar (Radio Detection And Ranging) detects objects at a distance by bouncing radio waves off them.
A short while later, England established a chain of Radio Detection and Ranging, or radar, stations along its south and east coasts to detect enemy planes and ships.
(Radar stands for Radio Detection and Ranging.)
RADAR stands for Radio Detection and Ranging and contains traditionally:
An acronym is a word derived from the initial letters of the words of a phrase: For example, the word radar comes from "Radio Detection and Ranging".
The word RADAR was created in 1942 as an acronym for Radio Detection and Ranging.
The acronym RADAR was coined from "Radio Detection And Ranging" as a cover reference to this highly secret technology.
Here are examples of common acronyms: The word "radar" is an acronym for "Radio Detection and Ranging".
