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synthetic aperture

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synthetic aperture [sin′thed·ik ′ap·ə·chər]
(engineering)
A method of increasing the ability of an imaging system, such as radar or acoustical holography, to resolve small details of an object, in which a receiver of large size (or aperture) is in effect synthesized by the motion of a smaller receiver and the proper correlation of the detected signals.


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According to a Rheinmetall spokesman, there are plans to carry out trials with a synthetic aperture radar.
The process, called interferometric synthetic aperture
``Current and future missions depend heavily on the aircraft's ability to find and track targets, so this modification to the synthetic aperture radar is critical.
 
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