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object detection system based on radio waves
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radar

Summary

radar ranks in the top 0.6% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,930 views/month, #470 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • radar is credited with the discovery of Christian Hülsmeyer[2].
  • radar is a type of measuring instrument[3].
  • radar is a type of electronic instrument[4].
  • radar is used for remote sensing[5].
  • radar is used for aircraft component[6].
  • radar is used for meteorology[7].
  • radar is used for air traffic control[8].
  • radar is used for military technology[9].
  • radar is used for road traffic safety[10].
  • radar's Commons category is recorded as Radars[11].
  • radar comprises antenna[12].
  • radar comprises radio transmitter[13].
  • radar comprises radio receiver[14].
  • radar comprises radar display[15].
  • radar's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Radar[16].
  • radar's Commons gallery is recorded as Radar[17].
  • radar's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[18].
  • radar's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox radar[19].
  • radar's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/radar[20].
  • radar's different from is recorded as Radar[21].
  • radar's history of topic is recorded as history of radar[22].
  • radar's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'radar'}[23].
  • radar's practiced by is recorded as radar operator[24].
  • radar's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[25].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include measuring instrument[3] and electronic instrument[4].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include remote sensing[5], aircraft component[6], meteorology[7], air traffic control[8], military technology[9], and road traffic safety[10]. Components include antenna[12], a type of electronic component[26]; radio transmitter[13]; radio receiver[14]; and radar display[15].

Influence

Things named for radar include radar satellite[27], a spacecraft type[28].

Why It Matters

radar ranks in the top 0.6% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,930 views/month, #470 of 77,819).[1] radar has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] radar is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Entities named for radar include radar satellite[27], a spacecraft type[28].

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . yvonnehofstetter.de. yvonnehofstetter.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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