B-display

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4-3-095

Alternative terms: B-scan, B-scope, Range bearing display

A radar display in which an echo appears on the screen as a bright spot whose rectangular coordinates indicate the range and bearing of the object.

Reference: B.S.




Please note that this is the term as it stands in the original IALA Dictionary edition (1970-1989)