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ˈside-looking, a.
[side n.1]
1. Characterized by looking sideways.
1829J. F. Cooper Wept of Wish-ton-Wish I. iii. 37 A demure, side-looking young woman kept her great wheel in motion. 1956H. Gold Man who was not with It (1965) iv. 36 Those others turned me back..to the side⁓looking cast in Phyl's eyes, her black hair short-cropped with a calculating wildness.
2. Producing or being a radar or sonar beam transmitted sideways and downwards, usu. from an aircraft for the mapping of relief.
1961B. L. Cordry et al. in G. Merrill Airborne Radar xiv. 777 In side-looking systems..the orientation of the antenna may not be changed easily. 1964Jrnl. Geophysics Res. LXIX. 3824/1 Narrow-beam lateral echo sounders are similar to standard echo sounders except that the transducer is mounted to give a side-looking beam that is a few degrees below horizontal. 1971P. O'Donnell Impossible Virgin i. 6 From film taken by side-looking radar he could penetrate..the earth's skin, to..the bed⁓rock below. 1977Sci. Amer. Oct. 93/2 The acute grazing angle of the microwave illumination of side-looking radar emphasizes the form of the land, and the large areas that can be surveyed under constant conditions favor the recognition of extensive features. |