Echolocation vs Radar - What's the difference?
echolocation | radar |
The use of echoes to detect objects as observed in bats and other natural creatures. Also known as biosonar.
* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author=
, title= (uncountable) A method of detecting distant objects and determining their position, velocity, or other characteristics by analysis of sent radio waves (usually microwaves) reflected from their surfaces
(countable) A type of system using such method, differentiated by platform, configuration, frequency, power, and other technical attributes.
(countable) An installation of such a system or of the transmitting and receiving apparatus.
(countable, figuratively) A superior ability to detect something.
To scan with , or as if with radar.
* {{quote-book, year=2002, author=Brian Jonathan Wolk, title=Ohio Traffic Tickets are for the Birds
, passage= He radars you while he's sitting in his patrol vehicle under a bridge.}}
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As nouns the difference between echolocation and radar
is that echolocation is the use of echoes to detect objects as observed in bats and other natural creatures. Also known as biosonar while radar is a method of detecting distant objects and determining their position, velocity, or other characteristics by analysis of sent radio waves (usually microwaves) reflected from their surfaces.As a verb radar is
to scan with radar, or as if with radar.As an acronym RADAR is
abbreviation of {{l/en|radio|radio {{l/en|detection|detection}} {{l/en|and|and}} {{l/en|ranging|ranging}} |lang= en }.echolocation
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Noun
(en noun)William E. Conner
An Acoustic Arms Race, volume=101, issue=3, page=206-7, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.}}
radar
English
(wikipedia radar)Noun
- His sensitive radar for hidden alliances keeps him out of trouble.
Synonyms
* RADAR (acronym of radio detection and ranging)Derived terms
* -dar * gaydar * Jewdar * monopulse radar * off the radar * passive radar * radar astronomy * radar dome * radar gun * radar meteorology * radar reflector * radar telescope * radar trap * radome * under the radarVerb
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