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DIRECTION FINDER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Radio; determines the direction of incoming radio waves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("direction finder" is a kind of...):
receiver; receiving system (set that receives radio or tv signals)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "direction finder"):
goniometer (direction finder that determines the angular direction of incoming radio signals)
radio compass (a direction finder that gives a bearing by determining the direction of incoming radio signals)