Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun lidar

1 sense of lidar

Sense 1
lidar -- (a measuring system that detects and locates objects on the same principle as radar but uses light from a laser; a potential technology for detecting air turbulence that can affect aircraft)
       => measuring instrument, measuring system, measuring device -- (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)