Radio control
Radio control (sometimes abbreviated R/C) is the use of radio signals to remotely control a device. The term is used frequently to refer to the control of model cars, boats, airplanes, and helicopters from a hand-held radio transmitter. Industrial, military, and scientific research organizations make use of radio-controlled vehicles as well.
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radio control
The remote control of an apparatus by signals conveyed by electromagnetic waves. Note:
Radio control may be used to control the movement of an aircraft, vehicle, missile, or other mobile unit, either manned or unmanned, from a radio
station on the ground or in another mobile unit. [
From Weik '89]
radio control
Synonyms and related words:
automatic electronics, autonetics, bioinstrumentation, bionics, circuit analysis, communication theory, cybernetics, information theory, push-button control, remote control, remote handling, semiautomatic control, servo engineering, servomechanics, system engineering, systems analysis, systems planning, telemechanism, telemeter, telemetering, telemetry, transponder
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