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Swedish term or phrase:	klottereko
English translation:	clutter
Entered by:	Ian Bradburn

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14:03 Apr 14, 2010

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Tech/Engineering - Military / Defense

Swedish term or phrase: klottereko

In a document talking about radar systems.

Ian Bradburn KudoZ activity Questions: 79 (none open) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 9 United Kingdom
Local time: 22:15

clutter

Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clutter_(radar)

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Note added at 54 mins (2010-04-14 14:58:26 GMT)
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synonym: "radar clotter"
http://www.answers.com/topic/radar-clutter

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Malberg
Denmark
Local time: 05:15

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4 +2

undesired echo signals; undesired echos

Sven Petersson

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clutter

Malberg

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Clutter	Ingemar Kinnmark

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undesired echo signals; undesired echos

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Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 05:15
Native speaker of:

Swedish,

English
PRO pts in category: 26

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peer agreement (net): +2

clutter

Malberg
Denmark
Local time: 05:15
Native speaker of:

Danish
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Reference: Clutter

Reference information:
English Wikipedia:

Clutter

Clutter refers to radio frequency (RF) echoes returned from targets which are uninteresting to the radar operators.

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar

Swedish Wikipedia:

Klotter betecknar i radarsammanhang ett slags störning, som kan dölja efterspanade mål med svaga ekon. Orsaken kan vara reflexer från vågor i sjön, regn m m. Detta klotter är en anglicism av ordet clutter med samma betydelse.

Link: http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klotter_(radar)

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"undesired echo signals" - 489 hits

"undesired echos" - 273 hits

Ingemar Kinnmark
United States
Native speaker of:

Swedish

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