: a plastic housing sheltering the antenna assembly of a radar set especially on an airplane
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This radome probably bothered the purists more than any other.
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John Kelly, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2023
In rainstorms, the radome leaked.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2023
There was nothing remotely orblike about this radome.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2023
The pilothouse seems most like a conventional yacht, while the whimsy begins again on the flybridge, with its teak deck, and aquamarine upper helm, tables and even the top radome.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 13 May 2022
The team is set inspect the gear box inside the radome, the large golf ball-like bubble that houses the actual rotating antenna.
—Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2020
Grainy photographs out of China depict a plane that is practically identical to the E-2 Hawkeye, from the shape of the aircraft to the radome mounted on top.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 31 Aug. 2020
The nose cone is a radome, which is any dome that protects and encloses radar equipment.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 8 July 2020
The platform appears to be topped with a radome and solar panels, and its strategic location makes it likely it is intended to extend China’s radar or signals intelligence collection in the area, the report said.
—Alice Fung, The Seattle Times, 21 Nov. 2018
John Kelly, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2023
In rainstorms, the radome leaked.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2023
There was nothing remotely orblike about this radome.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2023
The pilothouse seems most like a conventional yacht, while the whimsy begins again on the flybridge, with its teak deck, and aquamarine upper helm, tables and even the top radome.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 13 May 2022
The team is set inspect the gear box inside the radome, the large golf ball-like bubble that houses the actual rotating antenna.
—Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2020
Grainy photographs out of China depict a plane that is practically identical to the E-2 Hawkeye, from the shape of the aircraft to the radome mounted on top.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 31 Aug. 2020
The nose cone is a radome, which is any dome that protects and encloses radar equipment.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 8 July 2020
The platform appears to be topped with a radome and solar panels, and its strategic location makes it likely it is intended to extend China’s radar or signals intelligence collection in the area, the report said.
—Alice Fung, The Seattle Times, 21 Nov. 2018
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“Radome.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/radome. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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