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sea return
noun
- radar signals that are reflected by a body of water and hamper target identification.
Example Sentences
鈥淭hese great men, in this respect, should be one a year 鈥 鈥楲ike bubbles on the sea of matter borne, They rise, they break, and to that sea return.鈥欌
But even if it were recorded, a spokesman points out, the momentary disappearance of a ship on a radar screen is a common occurrence, the result of rain clutter, sea "return" or other natural causes.
In the center, a ragged splash of light reflected the "sea return," the radar echo bouncing back from the vicious waves of the gale-roiled Atlantic.
Beyond the sea return there was only the icy Atlantic night.
Beyond the sea return锟絫welve miles away by the scale of the scope锟絘 smaller blob of light pinpointed the position where Texas Tower 4,* a man-made Air Force radar island, was riding the storm.
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