lodestar vs radar

lodestar

noun
  • A guiding tenet or principle. 

  • A star used as a navigation reference, particularly a pole star such as Polaris. 

  • A calculated amount to award as attorney's fees derived by multiplying the reasonable number of hours spent working on a case by the reasonable hourly billing rate. 

radar

noun
  • A superior ability to detect something. 

  • A method of detecting distant objects and determining their position, velocity, or other characteristics by analysis of sent radio waves (usually microwaves) reflected from their surfaces 

  • A type of system using such a method, differentiated by platform, configuration, frequency, power, and other technical attributes. 

  • An installation of such a system or of the transmitting and receiving apparatus. 

verb
  • To scan with radar, or as if with radar. 

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