Antedating of "Radar"

[Fred Shapiro]

radar (OED 1941 Nov.)

1971 _N.Y. Times_ 2 Oct. C24 (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)  The [depth]
bombs must be tied to a grid of listening devices, radars and plotting
instruments.

Fred Shapiro


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