delayed plan position indicator
delayed plan position indicator
[di′lād ′plan pə′zish·ən ‚in·də‚kād·ər] (electronics)
A plan position indicator in which initiation of the time base is delayed a fixed time after each transmitted pulse, to give expansion of the range scale for distant targets so that they show more clearly on the screen.
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