radomen.
/ˈreɪdəʊm/, U.S. /ˈreɪˌdoʊm/ A structure, typically a domed building or a bulbous projection from the body of a ship or aircraft, which is made of material transparent to radio waves and serves to protect radar or telecommunications equipment.
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the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > instrument for detection > [noun] > radar system > apparatus used in > rotatable aerial > structure protecting
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society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > radio equipment > [noun] > radar apparatus > aerial > dome that protects
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1944 Wall St. Jrnl. 18 Aug. 2/6 This phenolic resin..made possible the low pressure molding of such vital war products as ‘radomes’—housing for radar equipment.
1949 Sun (Baltimore) 29 Dec. 5/1 Supported by air pressure,..the balloon-like buildings, called radomes, are ideal for the housing of large radar antennae.
1951 Electronics Aug. 89/2 The radar antenna is enclosed in a streamlined radome aft of the big bomb bay.
1968 New Scientist 21 Mar. 631/2 The Vladimir Komarov is distinguished by two massive radomes of some 50ft diameter and a smaller radome amidships.
1989 Air Internat. Feb. 55/1 Weather radar is contained in a bulbous radome projecting forward of the nosecone and offset to port.
2001 R. W. Cahn Coming of Materials Sci. ix. 384 A great variety of bulk glass-ceramics,..including materials for radomes (transparent to radio waves and resistant to rain erosion) and..cookware.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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