An equation which states the relationship between the amount of power returning to a radar receiver and various factors affecting this (as the transmitter power, and the distances from the transmitter to the target and from the target to the receiver).
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in Donald Fink (1911–1996).
Definition of radar equation in US English:
radar equation
noun
An equation which states the relationship between the amount of power returning to a radar receiver and various factors affecting this (as the transmitter power, and the distances from the transmitter to the target and from the target to the receiver).
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in Donald Fink (1911–1996).