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Answer for the clue "Direction finder that determines the angular direction of incoming radio signals ", 10 letters:
goniometer

Word definitions for goniometer in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A device used to measure the angles of crystals. 2 A radio direction finder. 3 (context medicine English) An arthrometer (device for measuring the arc or range of mobility of a joint).

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Goniometer may refer to: Goniometer , an instrument that measures angles or allows an object to be rotated to a precise angular position Positioning goniometer , a device used to rotate an object precisely about a fixed axis in space Goniometer (audio) ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. direction finder that determines the angular direction of incoming radio signals

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Goniometer \Go`ni*om"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ? angle + -meter: cf. F. goniom[`e]tre.] An instrument for measuring angles, especially the angles of crystals, or the inclination of planes. Contact goniometer , or Hand goniometer , a goniometer having two movable ...

Usage examples of goniometer.

While Doc Savage hopefully awaited some spark to come from the dead radio in his headquarters, Ham and Monk believed at the moment all their troubles were concentrated in the failure of their own radio and the goniometer with which they had been following the passenger plane’s radio beam.

Until Ham and Monk had sighted the fog-wreathed summits of Lassen and Shasta, their goniometer had been picking out only a series of dashes.

One day, during an interlude of free flight, he strode into the control-room and glanced at the course-plotting goniometer, then started into the “tank.

Chart after chart he hauled down, and for many minutes he worked with calipers, compass, goniometer, and a carefully-set adjustable triangle.

The tracking stations were equipped with goniometers, apparatus for measuring angles, and each could say within seconds which direction the broadcast was coming from.