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PLAN-POSITION INDICATOR [1 record]

Record 1 2015-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
DEF

A form of presentation on a radar screen in which the signal appears as a bright spot, the range being indicated by the distance between the spot and the centre of the screen and the bearing by the radial angle of the spot.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
DEF

En radiodétection, indicateur à modulation d'intensité sur l'écran duquel un écho se place au point qui, sur une carte, représenterait la position de l'objectif correspondant [...]

OBS

[...] le centre de l'écran représente en général la position du radiodétecteur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Guía radárica, radioguía y radiogoniometría
CONT

El punto brillante en la pantalla del radar con indicador de posición en el plano (PPI) aparece con todos los modos de operación.

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