slant range

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A diagram of a radar station and an aircraft, showing the slant range between the two (the distance along the line denoted by the black circled 1).

Etymology

From it being the distance measured along the usually-slanted line connecting two points in space, rather than purely the horizontal or vertical distance between the two.

Noun

slant range (usually uncountable, plural slant ranges)

  1. (radio, communication) The distance from one point to another in three-dimensional space.

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