He pūrere ka whakamahia ki te whakatere waka, ki te kimi rānei i te wāhi noho o tētahi mea i te ātea. Ka tukuna e te pūrere hihiani he ngaru irirangi, ā, ka hopu anō i te whakaatatanga o taua ngaru. Mā konei e tātaihia ai te wāhi noho o te mea nāna i whakaata te ngaru, me tōna tawhiti.
A device used for navigation and locating objects in space. A radar emits radio-waves and catches the reflection of those waves off an object. This enables the position and distance of the object to be calculated.
hihi - ray
ani - resounding, echoing
He aha ngā wāhi whakamahia ai te hihiani?
I whakaputaina tuatahitia he pūrere hihiani i te ngahuru tau atu i te 1930.
Ko tā te hihiani, he ine i te roa o te wā e hoki mai ai te whakaatatanga o te ngaru i tētahi mea, koirā hei tātai i te tawhiti o taua mea.