radome
noun
ra·dome ˈrā-ˌdōm 
: a plastic housing sheltering the antenna assembly of a radar set especially on an airplane
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The pilothouse seems most like a conventional yacht, while the whimsy begins again on the flybridge, with its teak deck, and aquamarine upper helm, tables and even the top radome. 
Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 13 May 2022 The team is set inspect the gear box inside the radome, the large golf ball-like bubble that houses the actual rotating antenna. Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2020 Grainy photographs out of China depict a plane that is practically identical to the E-2 Hawkeye, from the shape of the aircraft to the radome mounted on top. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 31 Aug. 2020 The nose cone is a radome, which is any dome that protects and encloses radar equipment. Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 8 July 2020 The platform appears to be topped with a radome and solar panels, and its strategic location makes it likely it is intended to extend China’s radar or signals intelligence collection in the area, the report said. Alice Fung, The Seattle Times, 21 Nov. 2018 To give you an idea of just how big this radar is, the spherical radome, which protects the radar from the elements, is more than 103 feet high and 120 feet in diameter. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 4 Nov. 2016 While simulated birds of the same weight just bounce off, a drone can become embedded or even tear right through the radome. David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 22 Dec. 2016 If the battery was lodged inside a radome or embedded in a plane, a fire could be the catastrophic icing on a tragic cake. David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 22 Dec. 2016 See More
Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 13 May 2022 The team is set inspect the gear box inside the radome, the large golf ball-like bubble that houses the actual rotating antenna. Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2020 Grainy photographs out of China depict a plane that is practically identical to the E-2 Hawkeye, from the shape of the aircraft to the radome mounted on top. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 31 Aug. 2020 The nose cone is a radome, which is any dome that protects and encloses radar equipment. Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 8 July 2020 The platform appears to be topped with a radome and solar panels, and its strategic location makes it likely it is intended to extend China’s radar or signals intelligence collection in the area, the report said. Alice Fung, The Seattle Times, 21 Nov. 2018 To give you an idea of just how big this radar is, the spherical radome, which protects the radar from the elements, is more than 103 feet high and 120 feet in diameter. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 4 Nov. 2016 While simulated birds of the same weight just bounce off, a drone can become embedded or even tear right through the radome. David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 22 Dec. 2016 If the battery was lodged inside a radome or embedded in a plane, a fire could be the catastrophic icing on a tragic cake. David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 22 Dec. 2016 See More Word History
Etymology
radar dome
First Known Use
circa 1944, in the meaning defined above