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Doppler radar

Doppler radar noun: a radar system using the Doppler effect to measure the radial velocity of detected objects, allowing moving objects (such as airplanes, precipitation, missiles, etc.) to be distinguished from stationary ones and classified by magnitude and direction of their velocity towards or away from the radar site.

Noun

Doppler radar (countable and uncountable, plural Doppler radars)

  1. A radar system using the Doppler effect to measure the radial velocity of detected objects, allowing moving objects (such as airplanes, precipitation, missiles, etc.) to be distinguished from stationary ones and classified by magnitude and direction of their velocity towards or away from the radar site.
    • Onboard Doppler radar can warn pilots about wet microbursts by detecting the associated column of rapidly-descending rain.
    Synonyms:
    doppler

Doppler radar meaning in Tamil

Doppler radar in Tamil

டாப்ளர் ரேடார்

Synonyms of Doppler radar

Forms of Doppler radar

pluralDoppler radars

Questions about Doppler radar

What does Doppler radar mean?
Doppler radar means a radar system using the Doppler effect to measure the radial velocity of detected objects, allowing moving objects (such as airplanes, precipitation, missiles, etc.) to be distinguished from stationary ones and classified by magnitude and direction of their velocity towards or away from the radar site.
What is Doppler radar in Tamil?
Doppler radar in Tamil is டாப்ளர் ரேடார். See Doppler radar meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Doppler radar?
Doppler radar is a noun.
What is the plural of Doppler radar?
The plural of Doppler radar is Doppler radars.

Words near Doppler radar in the dictionary

  1. doppleganger
  2. doppler
  3. Doppler broadening
  4. Doppler effect
  5. Doppler effects
  6. Doppler radar
  7. Doppler radars
  8. Doppler shift
  9. Doppler shifts
  10. Doppler sonar
  11. Doppler ultrasonography

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Doppler radar (page history and authors); doppler radar (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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