moving targetn.

Brit.

/ˌmuːvɪŋ ˈtɑːɡɪt/, U.S.

/ˌmuvɪŋ ˈtɑrɡət/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: moving adj., target n.¹

Etymology: < moving adj. + target n.¹Compare earlier literal use:1876 Appletons' Jrnl. 3 June 734/3 Provided an animal will only make a good moving target, they [sc. hunters] want to shoot it.

A goal, object of study, etc., which is not fixed (due to changing circumstances, requirements, etc.).

ΚΠ

1947 Rev. Econ. Statistics 29 76/1 The Employment Act..provides Congress with a gun and a moving target, but it is not clear yet that this gun has a trigger.]

1950 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 15 503/2 The problem of slum and blight in the past was frequently one of a moving target: the ecological processes of invasion and succession kept the situation fluid.

1978 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 72 1399/2 The study..indicated..the difficulty of performing social experimentation on a large scale with a moving target.

1998 Rocky Mountain News (Denver) 8 Feb. a 14/2 The bar we're holding political figures to these days is very much a moving target.

Compounds

attributive. Designating a radar apparatus or technique which gives an indication only of targets moving relative to the transmitter, signals from stationary targets being eliminated.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > radio equipment > [adjective] > radar apparatus

back-to-back1626

iso-echo1951

moving target1953

monostatic1957

squinted1966

1953 H. E. Penrose & R. S. H. Boulding Princ. & Pract. Radar (ed. 4) xxiv. 645 The principles on which moving target indication and permanent echo cancellation work.

1966 E. Larsen Radar works like This (rev. ed.) 39 An important advance in airport radar is the ‘moving target indicator’.., a type of radar equipment which shows only moving aircraft on the PPI.

1996 Proc. SPIE (Internat. Soc. Optical Engin.) 2759 596 Moving-target indication (MTI) radar is utilized to reject signals from fixed..unwanted targets,..and retain for detection or display returns from moving targets.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	moving target
释义	moving targetn. Brit. /ˌmuːvɪŋ ˈtɑːɡɪt/, U.S. /ˌmuvɪŋ ˈtɑrɡət/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: moving adj., target n.¹ Etymology: < moving adj. + target n.¹Compare earlier literal use:1876 Appletons' Jrnl. 3 June 734/3 Provided an animal will only make a good moving target, they [sc. hunters] want to shoot it. A goal, object of study, etc., which is not fixed (due to changing circumstances, requirements, etc.). ΚΠ 1947 Rev. Econ. Statistics 29 76/1 The Employment Act..provides Congress with a gun and a moving target, but it is not clear yet that this gun has a trigger.] 1950 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 15 503/2 The problem of slum and blight in the past was frequently one of a moving target: the ecological processes of invasion and succession kept the situation fluid. 1978 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 72 1399/2 The study..indicated..the difficulty of performing social experimentation on a large scale with a moving target. 1998 Rocky Mountain News (Denver) 8 Feb. a 14/2 The bar we're holding political figures to these days is very much a moving target. Compounds attributive. Designating a radar apparatus or technique which gives an indication only of targets moving relative to the transmitter, signals from stationary targets being eliminated. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > radio equipment > [adjective] > radar apparatus back-to-back1626 iso-echo1951 moving target1953 monostatic1957 squinted1966 1953 H. E. Penrose & R. S. H. Boulding Princ. & Pract. Radar (ed. 4) xxiv. 645 The principles on which moving target indication and permanent echo cancellation work. 1966 E. Larsen Radar works like This (rev. ed.) 39 An important advance in airport radar is the ‘moving target indicator’.., a type of radar equipment which shows only moving aircraft on the PPI. 1996 Proc. SPIE (Internat. Soc. Optical Engin.) 2759 596 Moving-target indication (MTI) radar is utilized to reject signals from fixed..unwanted targets,..and retain for detection or display returns from moving targets. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1950
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