terrain-following radar

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terrain-following radar [tə′rān ¦fäl·ə·wiŋ ′rā‚där]

(navigation)

Airborne radar which provides a display of terrain ahead of a low-flying aircraft to permit manual control, or signals for automatic control, to maintain constant altitude above the ground.

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