prolonged interrogation | a form of psychological torture inflicted by questioning the victim for hours |
radar fire | gunfire aimed a target that is being tracked by radar |
air search radar | a shipboard radar that searches for aircraft |
Doppler radar | radar that uses the Doppler shift to measure velocity |
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 |
kicksorter pulse height analyzer | scientific instrument consisting of an electronic circuit that permits only voltage pulses of predetermined height to pass |
naval radar | naval equipment consisting of a shipboard radar |
pincer pair of pincers tweezer pair of tweezers | a hand tool for holding consisting of a compound lever for grasping |
pliers pair of pliers plyers | a gripping hand tool with two hinged arms and (usually) serrated jaws |
pulse counter | an electronic counter that counts the number of electric pulses |
pulse generator | a generator of single or multiple voltage pulses, usually adjustable for pulse rate |
pulse timing circuit | a circuit that times pulses |
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 |
scissors pair of scissors | an edge tool having two crossed pivoting blades |
surface search radar | a naval radar to search for surface targets |
three-dimensional radar d radar | radar that will report altitude as well as azimuth and distance of a target |
tongs pair of tongs | any of various devices for taking hold of objects, usually have two hinged legs with handles above and pointed hooks below |
virginal pair of virginals | a legless rectangular harpsichord, played (usually by women) in the th and th centuries |
weather radar | radar that is able to detect clouds and precipitation |
pulse modulation | modulation that imposes a signal on a train of pulses |
pulse-time modulation | modulation of the time between successive pulses |
question mark interrogation point | a punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question |
question inquiry enquiry query interrogation | an instance of questioning, there was a question about my training, we made inquiries of all those who were present |
interrogation examination interrogatory | formal systematic questioning |
question interrogation interrogative interrogative sentence | a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply, he asked a direct question, he had trouble phrasing his interrogations |
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 |
interrogation | a transmission that will trigger an answering transmission from a transponder |
pulse pulsation heartbeat beat | the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart, he could feel the beat of her heart |
pulsation pulsing pulse impulse | (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients), the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star |
pulse | edible seeds of various pod-bearing plants (peas or beans or lentils etc.) |
pair | a poker hand with cards of the same value |
pair | two people considered as a unit |
pair brace | a set of two similar things considered as a unit |
au pair | a young foreigner who lives with a family in return for doing light housework |
au pair girl | a foreign girl serving as an au pair |
horse gram horse grain poor man's pulse Macrotyloma uniflorum Dolichos biflorus | twining herb of Old World tropics cultivated in India for food and fodder, sometimes placed in genus Dolichos |
pair production pair creation pair formation | the transformation of a gammaay photon into an electron and a positron when the photon passes close to an atomic nucleus |
d couple pair twosome twain brace span yoke couplet distich duo duet dyad duad | two items of the same kind |
base pair | one of the pairs of chemical bases joined by hydrogen bonds that connect the complementary strands of a DNA molecule or of an RNA molecule that has two strands, the base pairs are adenine with thymine and guanine with cytosine in DNA and adenine with uracil and guanine with cytosine in RNA |
pulse pulse rate heart rate | the rate at which the heart beats, usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health |
femoral pulse | pulse of the femoral artery (felt in the groin) |
radial pulse | pulse of the radial artery (felt in the wrist) |
match mate couple pair twin | bring two objects, ideas, or people together, This fact is coupled to the other one, Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?, The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project |
copulate mate pair couple | engage in sexual intercourse, Birds mate in the Spring |
pair geminate | arrange in pairs, Pair these numbers |
pair geminate | occur in pairs |