LIDAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lidar mean? 

• LIDAR (noun)
  The noun LIDAR has 1 sense:

1. a measuring system that detects and locates objects on the same principle as radar but uses light from a laser; a potential technology for detecting air turbulence that can affect aircraft

  Familiarity information: LIDAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIDAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A measuring system that detects and locates objects on the same principle as radar but uses light from a laser; a potential technology for detecting air turbulence that can affect aircraft

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("lidar" is a kind of...):

measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)