Lidar
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈlaɪdɑɹ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Lidar is a noun meaning (countable) A device that provides such imaging.
Meaning
(countable) A device that provides such imaging.
More Meanings
- (usually uncountable) The optical analogue of radar, using intense pulses of laser light to measure the composition and structure of the atmosphere.
Example Sentences
There's a lidar mounted on the roof of that Waymo.
Tesla bet on the idea that in the design of self-driving cars, lidar doesn't add enough capability, beyond what the cameras already provide, to be worth the additional cost.
Although operational environments profoundly differ, both kinds of autonomous vehicles, groundcraft and aircraft, will still rely on conceptually the same sorts of sensors — cameras, radar and lidar — to perceive surroundings in real time.
Word Forms
- lidars
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include deal, microlidar, tellurometer, geodimeter, optodynamics, radiolocation.
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