DOVAP
[ doh-vap ]
/ ˈdoʊ væp /
noun
Electronics.
a system for plotting the trajectory of a missile or other rapidly moving long-range object by means of the Doppler effect exhibited by radio waves bounced off the object.
Compare
Doppler radar.
Origin of DOVAP
Do(ppler)
V(elocity)
a(nd)
P(osition)
British Dictionary definitions for dovap
DOVAP
/ (ˈdəʊˌvæp) /
noun
a tracking system for determining the position and velocity of spacecraft, missiles, etc, based on the Doppler effect
Word Origin for DOVAP
C20: from
Do (
ppler)
v (
elocity)
a (
nd)
p (
osition)