Sarahn.

Brit.

/ˈsɛːrə/, U.S.

/ˈsɛrə/

Etymology: < search and rescue and homing.

Name given to a portable radio transmitter used by wrecked airmen to signal their position to rescue ships or aircraft. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > radio equipment > [noun] > radio set > type of transmitter

baby monitor1914

jammer1947

Sarah1955

1955 Times 31 Aug. 8/3 ‘Sarah’, the device demonstrated yesterday, weighs only about 3lb. and can be carried in a Mae West. It contains a beacon battery of 24 hours operating capacity which can send signals to a Shackleton aircraft 75 miles away. A wrecked airman can start ‘Sarah’ working quite easily and can speak on it to those who are searching for him.

1956 Times 18 July 10/7 Tryout for ‘Sarah’..‘Sarah’, the R.A.F.'s new air-sea rescue system, had its first real test yesterday.

1962 S. Carpenter in J. Glenn et al. Into Orbit 59 One of these beacons, a British invention called ‘Sarah’—for ‘Search and Rescue and Homing’—put out the signal that helped tell the search planes exactly where I was.

1962 S. Carpenter in J. Glenn et al. Into Orbit 60 There was one Sarah beacon aboard the capsule.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sarah
释义	Sarahn. Brit. /ˈsɛːrə/, U.S. /ˈsɛrə/ Etymology: < search and rescue and homing. Name given to a portable radio transmitter used by wrecked airmen to signal their position to rescue ships or aircraft. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > radio equipment > [noun] > radio set > type of transmitter baby monitor1914 jammer1947 Sarah1955 1955 Times 31 Aug. 8/3 ‘Sarah’, the device demonstrated yesterday, weighs only about 3lb. and can be carried in a Mae West. It contains a beacon battery of 24 hours operating capacity which can send signals to a Shackleton aircraft 75 miles away. A wrecked airman can start ‘Sarah’ working quite easily and can speak on it to those who are searching for him. 1956 Times 18 July 10/7 Tryout for ‘Sarah’..‘Sarah’, the R.A.F.'s new air-sea rescue system, had its first real test yesterday. 1962 S. Carpenter in J. Glenn et al. Into Orbit 59 One of these beacons, a British invention called ‘Sarah’—for ‘Search and Rescue and Homing’—put out the signal that helped tell the search planes exactly where I was. 1962 S. Carpenter in J. Glenn et al. Into Orbit 60 There was one Sarah beacon aboard the capsule. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1955
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