finale
close
closing curtain
finis | the concluding part of any performance |
| curtain raiser | any preliminary activity |
| radar fire | gunfire aimed a target that is being tracked by radar |
| air search radar | a shipboard radar that searches for aircraft |
curtain
drape
drapery
mantle pall | hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) |
| curtain ring | a circular ring for holding up a curtain |
| Doppler radar | radar that uses the Doppler shift to measure velocity |
drop curtain
drop cloth
drop | a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies, often used as background scenery |
| early warning radar | a radar that is part of an early warning system |
| fire control radar | naval radar that controls the delivery of fire on a military target |
| naval radar | naval equipment consisting of a shipboard radar |
radar
microwave radar
radio detection and ranging
radiolocation | measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects |
radome
radar dome | a housing for a radar antenna, transparent to radio waves |
| safety curtain | a fireproof theater curtain to be dropped in case of fire |
| shower curtain | a curtain that keeps water from splashing out of the shower area |
| surface search radar | a naval radar to search for surface targets |
theater curtain
theatre curtain | a hanging cloth that conceals the stage from the view of the audience, rises or parts at the beginning and descends or closes between acts and at the end of a performance |
three-dimensional radar
d radar | radar that will report altitude as well as azimuth and distance of a target |
| weather radar | radar that is able to detect clouds and precipitation |
| iron curtain | an impenetrable barrier to communication or information especially as imposed by rigid censorship and secrecy, used by Winston Churchill in to describe the demarcation between democratic and communist countries |
| bamboo curtain | an ideological barrier around communist China especially in the s and s |
| curtain lecture | a private lecture to a husband by his wife |
| curtain raiser | a short play presented before the main play |
bow
curtain call | an appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audience |
blip
pip radar target | a radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface |
| radar echo | an electronic signal that has been reflected back to the radar antenna, contains information about the location and distance of the reflecting object |
radar beacon
racon | a device that, on receiving radar signals, transmits coded signals in response to help navigators determine their position |
opening
opening night
curtain raising | the first performance (as of a theatrical production), the opening received good critical reviews |
| curtain | any barrier to communication or vision, a curtain of secrecy, a curtain of trees |
| curtain off | separate by means of a curtain |
| curtain | provide with drapery, curtain the bedrooms |