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radio compass

(Encyclopedia)radio compass: see radio range.

radio telescope

(Encyclopedia)radio telescope: see radio astronomy. ...

California Institute of Technology

(Encyclopedia)California Institute of Technology, at Pasadena, Calif.; originally for men, became coeducational in 1970; founded 1891 as Throop Polytechnic Institute; called Throop College of Technology, 1913–20....

stealth technology

(Encyclopedia)stealth technology, designs and materials engineered for the military purpose of avoiding detection by radar or any other electronic system. Stealth, or antidetection, technology is applied to vehicle...

Carnegie Institute of Technology

(Encyclopedia)Carnegie Institute of Technology: see Carnegie Mellon Univ. ...

Georgia Institute of Technology

(Encyclopedia)Georgia Institute of Technology, in Atlanta, Ga.; coeducational; state supported; chartered 1885, opened 1888. It is a member school in the university system of Georgia. Significant among its faciliti...

radio altimeter

(Encyclopedia)radio altimeter: see altimeter.

Radio City

(Encyclopedia)Radio City: see Rockefeller Center. ...

citizens band radio

(Encyclopedia)citizens band radio: see radio.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

(Encyclopedia)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at Cambridge; coeducational; chartered 1861, opened 1865 in Boston, moved 1916. It has long been recognized as an outstanding technological institute and its Slo...