NORADn.

Brit.

/ˈnɔːrad/, U.S.

/ˈnɔrˌæd/

Forms: 1900s– NORAD, 1900s– Norad.

Origin: Formed within English, as an acronym. Etymon: English North American Air Defense Command.

Etymology: Acronym < the initial letters of North American Air Defense Command.

North American Air (also Aerospace) Defense Command, an organization established in 1957 by the U.S. and Canada to detect and intercept a nuclear attack.

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1957 Walla Walla (Washington) Union-Bull. 18 Sept. 10/1 A top officer in the North American Defense Command (NORAD), joint U.S.-Canadian defense agency.

1958 Times 23 July 9/6 ‘The task of the North American Air Defence Command (Norad) is to build and maintain a fence along North America's aerial frontiers that is 15,000 miles long, around an area of 8,000,000 square miles, and 10 to 12 miles high.’ (Norad hand-out.)

1970 Toronto Daily Star 24 Sept. 31/3 In NORAD we permitted American nuclear bombers to make provocative flights over Canadian territory.

1987 Armed Forces Sept. 398/2 The North American continent has always been seen as a strategically indivisible unit as far as air defence is concerned, and its principal manifestation has been NORAD.

2000 N.Y. Times Mag. 9 Apr. 132/1 I'm being tailgated unforgivably by a vehicle with enough radar silhouette to scramble Norad.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	norad
释义	NORADn. Brit. /ˈnɔːrad/, U.S. /ˈnɔrˌæd/ Forms: 1900s– NORAD, 1900s– Norad. Origin: Formed within English, as an acronym. Etymon: English North American Air Defense Command. Etymology: Acronym < the initial letters of North American Air Defense Command. North American Air (also Aerospace) Defense Command, an organization established in 1957 by the U.S. and Canada to detect and intercept a nuclear attack. ΚΠ 1957 Walla Walla (Washington) Union-Bull. 18 Sept. 10/1 A top officer in the North American Defense Command (NORAD), joint U.S.-Canadian defense agency. 1958 Times 23 July 9/6 ‘The task of the North American Air Defence Command (Norad) is to build and maintain a fence along North America's aerial frontiers that is 15,000 miles long, around an area of 8,000,000 square miles, and 10 to 12 miles high.’ (Norad hand-out.) 1970 Toronto Daily Star 24 Sept. 31/3 In NORAD we permitted American nuclear bombers to make provocative flights over Canadian territory. 1987 Armed Forces Sept. 398/2 The North American continent has always been seen as a strategically indivisible unit as far as air defence is concerned, and its principal manifestation has been NORAD. 2000 N.Y. Times Mag. 9 Apr. 132/1 I'm being tailgated unforgivably by a vehicle with enough radar silhouette to scramble Norad. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1957
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