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Acronym for RAdio Detection And Ranging. An electronic system designed to transmit radio signals and receive reflected images of those signals from a 'target' in order to determine the bearing and distance to the 'target'.
TechnologyLine from a VOR or NDB. For example, the 180 radial from a VOR represents a line south of that VOR. In a direction directly outward from the center of a circle or sphere or from the axis of a cylinder. The spokes of a wheel, for example, are radial. A magnetic bearing extending from a very high frequency omni-range and/or tactical air navigation station.
TechnologyA radian is the angle with vertex at the center of a circle with radius r that encompasses an arc of length r.
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