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radar display
The spontaneous visual presentation of radar information by electronic traces on a cathode-ray tube.
radargrammetry
The analysis of the photographs taken from the radar display of a survey aircraft and used when recording terrain that is obscured by clouds.
radioautograph
The photographic image of a thin specimen having a radioactive isotope that, formed through contact between the specimen and a photographic plate, displays the distribution of the radioactive...
radiophotoluminescence
The luminescence displayed when particular minerals are irradiated with β-rays and g-rays, after being exposed to nuclear radiation.
raster
The pattern of lines traced by rectilinear scanning in display systems.
raster scan display
A display in which regeneration takes place serially at a fixed speed in a set pattern through the scan lines.
Raster scanning
Raster scanning is a technique used in imaging and scanning systems to systematically capture and process information from a two-dimensional area or surface. It involves moving a sensor or scanning...
raster unit
The vertical or horizontal distance between two addressable points on a display screen; indicates the basic resolution element of a terminal.
RBDE
radar bright display equipment
RDS
rapid display system
receiver primaries
Also known as display primaries. Colors formed by a television receiver that are of constant chromaticity and variable luminance, and that, mixed in certain proportions, form other colors. Red, green...
red, green, blue
RGB stands for red, green, blue, which are the primary colors of light used in additive color mixing. The RGB color model is widely used in various electronic displays, such as computer monitors,...
remote display unit
A display device, such as a cathode-ray tube, that is located at some distance from the source generating the displayed information.
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