direction finder

Noun

Meaning

radio; determines the direction of incoming radio waves

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

micrometer galvanometer calorimeter photometer sniffer aneroid pyrometer pluviometer hypsometer ammeter gyrocompass octant accelerometer tachometer magnetic compass

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Hypernyms

receiver receiving system

Hyponyms

goniometer radio compass

Examples

In practical terms the South Pointing Chariot was a simple direction finder. It could have been made to point in any direction - north, south, east or west. Kit Williams

Close letter words and terms

directingly direction direction detection direction finding direction in which a compass needle points direction indicator