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Meanings of radar target in English

A radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface.

        Synonyms
        Examples for "pip"
        Examples for "pip"
        1
        It'd give any one the pip for the rest of his natural.
        Under Fire: The Story of a Squad
        2
        Would my international competitors pip me to the post on key projects?
        The Guardian
        3
        She said Bucky told her it was a pip of a fire.
        Hot six
        4
        Feeding all by myself in that dining-room fairly gives me the pip.
        Viviette
        5
        Nibletts certified the cause of death as that unmentionable complaint, the pip.
        Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, May 21, 1919
        1
        Given Amazon's impeccable service reputation, that blip won't hurt it long term.
        Reuters
        2
        What nobody has mentioned is that beards are a common post-holiday blip.
        The Guardian
        3
        At issue now is whether this was a blip or something deeper.
        The Irish Times
        4
        So Tor sent a blip to MediaCorp, asking for a press intervention.
        Existence
        5
        This is a temporary blip, so don't act on it just yet.
        The South African
        Usage of radar target in English
        1
        A fighter had been scrambled, but when it got into the proper area, the radar target was off the scope.
        The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects
        2
        If they are, then it is necessary to determine whether the radar targets were real or caused by the weather.
        The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects
        3
        Every day the lives of thousands of people depended upon their interpretation of the radar targets they saw on their scopes.
        The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects
        4
        "No," he said, "I can't believe that those radar targets were caused by weather.
        The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects
        5
        HMAS Success detected two radar targets within the search area, but could not locate the targets on further investigation of the area.
        The Guardian
        6
        As we disgorged, there was a concerted lunge for newspapers to whack mosquitoes, whose radar targets a pale skin at 100 metres.
        The Irish Times
        7
        But there was no weather report for this area that was detailed enough to tell whether a weather inversion could have caused the radar targets.
        The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects
        8
        When Major Fournet finished telling me about the night's activity, my first question was, "How about the radar targets-couldthey have been caused by weather?"
        The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects