radar beacon

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noun

a radar device at a fixed location that, on receiving a radar signal, automatically transmits a particular radar signal in reply, identifying itself and enabling navigators of ships and aircraft to determine their distance and direction from it.

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Also called racon.

Origin of radar beacon

First recorded in 1940–45

Words nearby radar beacon

racy, rad, RADA, radar, radar astronomy, radar beacon, radar gun, radarkymography, radarman, radar picket, radarscope

Example sentences from the Web for radar beacon

There should be a retrievable record of exactly when the Airbus disappeared from radar.
Did Bad Weather Bring Down AirAsia 8501?|Clive Irving|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The flight path remained close to the Indonesian archipelago, well within what is the normal reach of air traffic control radar.
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For James, wearing the shirt was “more of a shout-out to the family more than anything,” he told the Akron Beacon Journal.
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John Paul II told the European Union at the time that it was “a beacon of civilization.”
Pope’s Blistering Attack on ‘Haggard’ Europe|Nico Hines|November 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST

“He went to the top of my radar screen,” Tancredo told The Daily Beast.
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Those who follow her beacon faithfully will gradually rise to the solutions of the greatest problems.
Urania|Camille Flammarion
The brilliant beacon of the Eiffel Tower sat high up in the sky, like an exile star.
The Daughters of Danaus|Mona Caird
If they had not known every inch of the way as they did know it, a beacon-light on the shore would have guided them.
The Rival Campers|Ruel Perley Smith
I was hanging on to him trying to see around and over and even under the Zloomph—steering by a sort of radar-like sixth sense.
The Holes and John Smith|Edward W. Ludwig
It loomed against the cold glory of stars like a pit of ultimate darkness, and Jessup had to guide the boat in with radar.
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British Dictionary definitions for radar beacon

radar beacon

noun

a device for transmitting a coded radar signal in response to a signal from an aircraft or ship. The coded signal is then used by the navigator to determine his positionAlso called: racon

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