radome
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of radome
Example Sentences
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The inflatable plastic radome served a utilitarian purpose but it was nicely proportioned: a 17-foot-diameter ball atop a 160-foot tower.
From Washington Post • Mar. 4, 2023
In the summer of 1978, the FAA decided to replace the Dulles radome with a hard plastic dome from Andrews Air Force Base.
From Washington Post • Mar. 4, 2023
The antenna will fit inside an existing radome in the aircraft’s tail.
From Forbes • Sep. 16, 2014
Elimination of the radome may make it harder to persuade the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, a worldwide arbiter of such things, to include the mast in its calculations.
From New York Times • Jun. 12, 2012
When a geodesic radome was being tested at M.I.T., he chortles, "their statistics showed it wouldn't stand up in a 15 m.p.h. wind."
From Time Magazine Archive
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