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==Description==
==Description==
'''Radar''' is an object-detection [[system]] which uses [[electromagnetic]] [[waves]]—specifically [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_wave radio waves]—to determine the range, altitude, direction, or [[speed]] of both moving and fixed objects such as aircraft, ships, spacecraft, guided missiles, motor vehicles, [[weather]] formations, and terrain. The radar dish, or antenna, [[transmits]] [[pulses]] of radio waves or microwaves which bounce off any object in their [[path]]. The object returns a tiny part of the [[wave]]'s [[energy]] to a dish or antenna which is usually located at the same site as the transmitter.
'''Radar''' is an object-detection [[system]] which uses [[electromagnetic]] [[waves]]—specifically [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_wave radio waves]—to determine the range, altitude, direction, or [[speed]] of both moving and fixed objects such as aircraft, ships, spacecraft, guided missiles, motor vehicles, [[weather]] formations, and terrain. The radar dish, or antenna, [[transmits]] [[pulse]]s of radio waves or microwaves which bounce off any object in their [[path]]. The object returns a tiny part of the [[wave]]'s [[energy]] to a dish or antenna which is usually located at the same site as the transmitter.
The [[military]] applications of radar were developed in [[secret]] in nations across the world during [[World War II]]. The term ''RADAR'' was coined in 1940 by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Navy U.S. Navy] as an acronym for radio detection and ranging. The term radar has since entered the [[English]] and other languages as the common noun radar, losing all capitalization. In the United Kingdom, the technology was initially called ''RDF'' (range and direction finding), using the same initials used for radio direction finding to conceal its ranging capability.
The [[military]] applications of radar were developed in [[secret]] in nations across the world during [[World War II]]. The term ''RADAR'' was coined in 1940 by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Navy U.S. Navy] as an acronym for radio detection and ranging. The term radar has since entered the [[English]] and other languages as the common noun radar, losing all capitalization. In the United Kingdom, the technology was initially called ''RDF'' (range and direction finding), using the same initials used for radio direction finding to conceal its ranging capability.