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racon

noun

Etymology

Blend of radar + beacon.

  1. derived from *bʰeh₂u-✻
  2. inherited from *baukną✻
  3. inherited from *baukn✻
  4. inherited from bēacn
  5. inherited from beken
  6. compounded as racon — “radar + beacon”

Definitions

  1. A beacon that, on detecting a radar signal, responds by transmitting a coded navigation…

    A beacon that, on detecting a radar signal, responds by transmitting a coded navigation signal.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for racon. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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