CLUTTER

Clutter

Clutter is a term used for unwanted echoes in electronic systems, particularly in reference to radars. Such echoes are typically returned from ground, sea, rain, animals/insects, chaff and atmospheric turbulences, and can cause serious performance issues with radar systems.

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clutter

Noun

  1. A confused disordered jumble of things.
  2. Clatter; confused noise.
  3. Background echos, from clouds etc., on a radar or sonar screen.
  4. A group of cats;

Verb

  1. To fill something with clutter.
  2. To clot or coagulate, like blood.
  3. To make a confused noise; to bustle.


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