Whistler Definition–noun | 1. | a person or thing that whistles. |
| 2. | something that makes a sound like a whistle: The windstorm was a 60-mile-an-hour whistler. |
| 3. | any of various birds whose wings whistle in flight, esp. the goldeneye. |
| 5. | a large marmot, Marmota caligata, of mountainous northwestern North America, closely related to the woodchuck. |
| 6. | a horse afflicted with whistling. |
| 7. | Radio. a whistling sound heard on a radio, a type of interference caused by distant lightning. |
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Radar Definition–nou
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n | 1. | Electronics. a device for determining the presence and location of an object by measuring the time for the echo of a radio wave to return from it and the direction from which it returns. |
| 2. | a means or sense of awareness or perception: lobbyists working under the media's radar. |
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Detector Definition–noun | 1. | a person or thing that detects. |
| 2. | a device for detecting smoke, fire, or some other hazardous condition. |
| 3. | a device for detecting the presence of metal, contraband, or other items that might be hidden or concealed. |
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mmunications. | a. | a device for detecting electric oscillations or waves. |
| b. | a device, as a crystal detector or a vacuum tube, that rectifies the alternating current in a radio receiver. |
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