sodar

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English

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Etymology

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Short for sonic detection and ranging; compare radar, sonar.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sodar (countable and uncountable, plural sodars)

  1. (uncountable) A system resembling sonar but used in the air, for meteorological measurements, rather than in water.
  2. (countable) A type of system using such a method, differentiated by platform, configuration, frequency, power, and other technical attributes.
  3. (countable) An installation of such a system or of the transmitting and receiving apparatus.

Anagrams

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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sodar m (genitive singular sodair)

  1. (functioning as a verbal noun) (act of) trotting (walk rapidly; move at a gait between walk and canter)
  2. a trot (gait of an animal between walk and canter; gait of a person faster than a walk)

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
sodar shodar
after an, tsodar
not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 177, page 90
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 180, page 91

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