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PRONUNCIATION OF DIRECTION FINDING

direction finding  [daɪˈrekʃən ˈfaɪndɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DIRECTION FINDING

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Direction finding is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DIRECTION FINDING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

direction finding

Direction finding

Direction finding, or radio direction finding, refers to the measurement of the direction from which a received signal was transmitted. This can refer to radio or other forms of wireless communication. By combining the direction information from two or more suitably spaced receivers, the source of a transmission may be located in space via triangulation. Radio direction finding is used in the navigation of ships and aircraft, to locate emergency transmitters for search and rescue, for tracking wildlife, and to locate illegal or interfering transmitters. RDF systems can be used with any radio source, although the size of the receiver antennas are a function of the wavelength of the signal - very long wavelengths require very large antennas, and are generally used only on ground-based systems. These wavelengths are nevertheless very useful for marine radio navigation as they can travel very long distances "over the horizon", which is valuable for ships when the line-of-sight may be only a few tens of kilometres. For aerial use, where the horizon may extend to hundreds of kilometres, higher frequencies can be used, allowing the use of much smaller antennas.

Definition of direction finding in the English dictionary

The definition of direction finding in the dictionary is the use of radar, aerials etc to determine direction for the purpose of navigation etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DIRECTION FINDING


baby-minding
ˈbeɪbɪ ˈmaɪndɪŋ
binding
ˈbaɪndɪŋ
blinding
ˈblaɪndɪŋ
bookbinding
ˈbʊkbaɪndɪŋ
childminding
ˈtʃaɪldˌmaɪndɪŋ
ending
ˈɛndɪŋ
finding
ˈfaɪndɪŋ
grinding
ˈɡraɪndɪŋ
multiplepoinding
ˌmʌltɪpəlˈpɪndɪŋ
nonbinding
ˌnɒnˈbaɪndɪŋ
outstanding
ˌaʊtˈstændɪŋ
pathfinding
ˈpæθˌfaɪndɪŋ
pending
ˈpɛndɪŋ
rangefinding
ˈreɪndʒˌfaɪndɪŋ
rewinding
riːˈwaɪndɪŋ
spellbinding
ˈspelbaɪndɪŋ
spending
ˈspendɪŋ
standing
ˈstændɪŋ
surrounding
səˈraʊndɪŋ
winding
ˈwaɪndɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DIRECTION FINDING

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direct-grant school
direct-mail shot
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directed
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direction cosine
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directional
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directive
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directness

WORDS THAT END LIKE DIRECTION FINDING

according
ascending
astounding
bonding
branding
commanding
corresponding
defending
demanding
descending
expanding
founding
funding
grounding
landing
lending
mending
notwithstanding
pounding
sounding
vending

Synonyms and antonyms of direction finding in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «direction finding» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DIRECTION FINDING

Find out the translation of direction finding to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of direction finding from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «direction finding» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

测向
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

radiogoniometría
570 millions of speakers

English

direction finding
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दिशा खोज
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تحديد الاتجاه
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пеленгования
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

direção descoberta
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দিকনির্দেশ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

goniométrie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mencari arah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Peilung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

方向探知
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

방향 탐지
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Arah nemokake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phát hiện hướng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

திசை கண்டுபிடிப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दिशा शोधणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yön bulma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

direzione constatazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ustalenie kierunku
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пеленгування
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

a direcției
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ραδιογωνιομέτρησης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

rigting te vind
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pejlings
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

retning funn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of direction finding

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DIRECTION FINDING»

The term «direction finding» is regularly used and occupies the 64.184 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DIRECTION FINDING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about direction finding

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DIRECTION FINDING»

Discover the use of direction finding in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to direction finding and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Microwave Passive Direction Finding
The book also presents rarely published systems concepts, such as digital preprocessing, supercommutation, and wide RF bandwidth signal detection methods.
Stephen E. Lipsky, 1987
2
Methods for Direction-Finding of Direct-Sequence ...
The use of spread-spectrum signals has increased dramatically in military radio communications. This report locates methods for direction-finding direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DS/SS) signals; digital methods are of special interest.
Magnus Finne, 1996
3
Small-aperture radio direction-finding
This book presents a comprehensive discussion of the commercial and military applications of small-aperture radio direction finding.
Herndon H. Jenkins, 1991
4
Transmitter Hunting: Radio Direction Finding Simplified
Explains the principles of radio direction finding, tells how to build directional antennas, and looks at search and rescue applications and hunting games
Joseph Moell, 1987
5
Classical and Modern Direction-of-Arrival Estimation
Brings together in one book classical and modern DOA techniques, showing the connections between them Contains contributions from the leading people in the field Gives a concise and easy- to- read introduction to the classical techniques ...
T. Engin Tuncer, Benjamin Friedlander, 2009
6
Secret Weapon: U.S. High-frequency Direction Finding in the ...
This book demonstrates how the vital American version was produced - and aggressively promoted by private enterprise to top American military officials.
Kathleen Broome Williams, 1996
7
Direction: Finding Your Way in Relationships, Parenting & ...
In this book, we seek to address the areas of the intersection between religion, values, and feelings, and share our discoveries that come from our personal and professional experience as Orthodox Jews and psychotherapists.
Chaya Feuerman, Simcha Feuerman, 2005
8
Radio Monitoring: Problems, Methods and Equipment
As we see, in the lower part of the measurement range, approximately before 100MHz, some degradation of direction-finding accuracy is observed. We can assume that accuracy degradation at low frequencies is caused by Earth surface  ...
Anatoly Rembovsky, Alexander Ashikhmin, Vladimir Kozmin, 2009
9
History of Telegraphy
The wireless receiving equipment was used almost exclusively for intercepting enemy transmissions and, rather surprisingly, for direction-finding, in which it achieved a notable and early success. The direction-finding equipment, which used ...
Ken Beauchamp, 2001
10
Advances in Neural Networks - ISNN 2004: International ...
Blind Source Separation Using for Time-Delay Direction Finding Gaoming Huang1,2, LuxiYang1, andZhenyaHe1 1 Department of Radio Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing China, 210096 2 Naval University of Engineering, Wuhan ...
Fuliang Yin, Jun Wang, Chengan Guo, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DIRECTION FINDING»

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CRFS signs SYSDYNE as approved RFeye Technical Centre in …
CRFS provides the most advanced 24/7 RF spectrum monitoring and analysis solutions, with direction finding and geolocation capability, ... «Cambridge Network, Jul 15»
2
07/07/15 CRFS sign SYSDYNE as approved RFeye Technical …
CRFS provides the most advanced 24/7 RF spectrum monitoring and analysis solutions, with direction finding and geolocation capability, ... «Cambridge Wireless, Jul 15»
3
Midland County high school students experience near space …
All of the students also learned how to use radio direction finding equipment, which they had built, in order to track and locate the backup ... «Midland Daily News, Jul 15»
4
MDA Successfully Delivers Another Direction Finding Antenna System
MDA's Information Systems group announced today that it has delivered another Direction Finding (DF) Antenna System to Ultra Electronics ... «Space Ref, Jun 15»
5
Use the summer break to "edu-travel"
Geocaching: This great activity is a high-tech outdoor scavenger hunt involving math and direction finding. Caches of trinkets are hidden all ... «Ventura County Star, Jun 15»
6
After 46 Years, St. Paul Airman Interred in Fort Snelling Cemetery
... was the instructor navigator aboard an EC-47Q aircraft that disappeared on a radio direction finding mission over Ban Phan, Laos on Feb. «KSTP.com, Jun 15»
7
Colorado to Host USA Amateur Radio Direction Finding
Registration http://www.homingin.com/farsnews is open for the 15th USA and 8th IARU Region 2 Amateur Radio Direction Finding (ARDF) ... «eHam.net, Jun 15»
8
New Civil Air Patrol cadets get basic training
This weekend, Lt. Jacob Mellard trained cadets in direction finding to search for an aircraft ETL – electronic transmitter locator. The number one ... «LaGrange Daily News, Jun 15»
9
Stained glass tribute to the men and women who saved Britain
The Dowding System, as it came to be known, brought together the newly developed technology of Radio Direction Finding – more commonly ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
10
Elbit Systems launches Air Keeper airborne SIGINT/EW system
An array of Communications, Intelligence, and Direction Finding (COMINT/DF) systems – providing advanced demodulation, classification, and ... «Intelligent Aerospace, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Direction finding [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/direction-finding>. May 2024 ».
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