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ˌradioloˈcation
Also with hyphen.
[f. radio- 4 + location.]
The term orig. used in Britain for radar; the determination of the position and course of ships, aircraft, etc., by means of radar.
1941Flight 26 June 430/1 In the Battle of Britain the advantages of radiolocation were even more apparent. 1941Hutchinson's Pict. Hist. War 14 May–8 July 180 Radiolocation has been described by Air Chief Marshall Sir Philip Joubert as Britain's secret weapon against the German bomber. Rays are sent out and any aircraft or ship in their path immediately reflects a signal. 1942R.A.F. Jrnl. 30 May 30 By what, then, is the R.A.F. kept in the air?.. Its radio-location girls,..its operations staff? 1947J. Hayward Prose Literature since 1939 vi. 43 The public should be disabused of the notion that science..is merely another word for technology; and that its purpose is..to develop and supply ‘modern conveniences’..in the form of..radio⁓location for the General Staff. 1976M. Gilbert Winston S. Churchill V. xxxiii. 659 The existence of ‘radar’ was not publicly acknowledged until 1941, when it was referred to as ‘Radiolocation’.
Hence ˌradioloˈcate v. trans., to locate (an aircraft, etc.) by means of radar; ˌradioloˈcated ppl. a.; ˌradioloˈcator, an apparatus for radiolocation.
1941Flight 26 June 430/1 They could rely on the vast radiolocator system to tell them in plenty of time when the enemy were coming and from what direction. 1942Times 20 Jan. 2/2 Members of the A.T.S. have taken over the working of the radiolocators, predictors, and height-finders. 1943Times 25 Oct. 3/4 Many experts are convinced that the attack was..ordered from a German patrol boat that had radio-located the aircraft. 1945Electronic Engin. XVII. 679/3 It is no exaggeration..to say that the first object to be radiolocated was the Heaviside layer. 1945Jrnl. Inst. Electr. Engineers XCII. i. 342/1 In this method of determining the distance of a radiolocated object, short radio⁓frequency pulses are sent out at regular intervals. 1946P. Carter in Aldiss & Harrison Decade the 1940s (1975) 108 He passed by the radio locator and the radioman. Their jobs would come later, meantime radio silence was enforced. 1947Crowther & Whiddington Science at War 18 The radiolocator requires as strong an echo as possible. |