Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

radome

/ˈɹeɪˌdoʊm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.68 in modern English

Syllables: radome
IPA: /ˈɹeɪˌdoʊm/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of radar dome.

Example Sentences

"Radar antennas were distributed in large quantities throughout the base, half of them in white radomes that looked as if some gigantic bird had laid a clutch of eggs at random."
"And it took my mother just twenty or so minutes to get to her new job at the NSA, whose boxy futuristic headquarters, topped with radomes and sheathed in copper to seal in the communications signals, forms the heart of Fort Meade."

Etymology

Blend of radar + dome. First attested in the 1940s.

Origin

First known use: First attested in the 1940s

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɹeɪˌdoʊm/
British English: /ˈɹeɪ.dəʊm/

Inflected Forms

radomes (plural)

Synonyms

radar dome

Questions

How do you pronounce radome?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹeɪˌdoʊm/.
What does radome mean?: Synonym of radar dome.
Where does radome come from?: First known use: First attested in the 1940s.

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