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DOVAP
[ doh-vap ]
noun
- Electronics. a system for plotting the trajectory of a missile or other rapidly moving long-range object by means of the Doppler effect exhibited by radio waves bounced off the object.
DOVAP
/ ˈəʊˌæ /
noun
- a tracking system for determining the position and velocity of spacecraft, missiles, etc, based on the Doppler effect
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of DOVAP1
Do(ppler) V(elocity) a(nd) P(osition)
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of DOVAP1
C20: from Do ( ppler ) v ( elocity ) a ( nd ) p ( osition )
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Last week, Dr. Dorritt Hoffleit, 41, a dark-haired spinster astronomer of the Harvard College Observatory, who helped develop DOVAP, explained how it works.
DOVAP's ground set has a loudspeaker which blares out the DOppler wave.
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