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surface clutter
n. (context engineering English) Unwanted radar or sonar wave reflection arising from the land or sea surface.
Usage examples of "surface clutter".
With a weary woof, Doctor Chaundra sat at his desk and, setting his coffee cup in the most spill-proof area available in the surface clutter, he keyed up his mail It had been two days since he'd had an opportunity to look at it Twenty-five attempted suicides, four of them among the refugee Bethelites who chose gruesomely old-fashioned methods.
Her jamming equipment, the surface clutter, and her own speed and maneuverability had somehow saved her.
Thank the Lord that you are a lousy shot,' Garry murmured, and kept the Lear low down in the surface clutter where the shore radar would have difficulty picking them up.