A question about Dreidas

[Bracket]

Hey!

I'm a newbie, so be nice pwease!

Does anyone here know what Dreidas stands for? Or why it's called Dreidas?

I know, strange question, but it's been bugging me a while, so I seek your wisdom!

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[SoulReaver]

who's Dreidas ?

[Wicket]

I'm not sure if there is any special meaning, they just didn't want to use the word "Radar" for whatever reason. Perhaps Radar is specifically named after something Earthbound, like the name of it's inventor? I presume the same can be said for Dradis!

[wiseowl777]

I'm not sure if there is any special meaning, they just didn't want to use the word "Radar" for whatever reason. Perhaps Radar is specifically named after something Earthbound, like the name of it's inventor? I presume the same can be said for Dradis!

wikipedia rocks..
The term RADAR was coined in 1941 as an acronym for Radio Detection and Ranging. This acronym of American origin replaced the previously used British abbreviation RDF (which stands for Radio Direction Finding). The term has since entered the English language as a standard word, radar, losing the capitalization in the process.

---so yeah since its had 2 names on earth... calling it by the common name today would be pretty ludacris

[rarocks24]

wikipedia rocks..
The term RADAR was coined in 1941 as an acronym for Radio Detection and Ranging. This acronym of American origin replaced the previously used British abbreviation RDF (which stands for Radio Direction Finding). The term has since entered the English language as a standard word, radar, losing the capitalization in the process.

---so yeah since its had 2 names on earth... calling it by the common name today would be pretty ludacris

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[lunarleviathan]

It's DRADIS, and according to the good ol' net it stands for "Direction Radius and Distance". It is, of course, totally fictional technology. I'm not sure if this is truely the meaning or just fan speculation. Best bet would be to check the entry at Battlestar Wiki to see if it's ever been confirmed officially - although the site is down at the moment.

[DaDornta]

The writers could have used "sensors" like in the ST universe...

But I like that they chose to use their own unique nomenclature for this specific tech ... adds to the separation between other sci-fi shows and sets BSG apart a tiny bit more.

[Berg417448]

It's DRADIS, and according to the good ol' net it stands for "Direction Radius and Distance". It is, of course, totally fictional technology. I'm not sure if this is truely the meaning or just fan speculation. Best bet would be to check the entry at Battlestar Wiki to see if it's ever been confirmed officially - although the site is down at the moment.

I've also seen it listed on some fan sources as Direction, Range & Distance. If I recall correctly DRADIS can also detect water.

[Trek_Girl42]

With how realistic (or close to) much of Galactica is/feels, I never really thought that DRADIS wasn't a real term.

[wiseowl777]

With how realistic (or close to) much of Galactica is/feels, I never really thought that DRADIS wasn't a real term.

just pointing oot the obivious joke but not making it- hehe jkjk

[maneth]

I've also seen it listed on some fan sources as Direction, Range & Distance. If I recall correctly DRADIS can also detect water.

That's what it's listed as, but that doesn't make much sense given that range and distance mean essentially the same thing. Well, so does direction and radius come to that. So take your pick.

The world that turned out to be Kobol was investigated because the raptor carrying Sharon detected water on it, although it was never clear to me if it was the DRADIS or some other instrumentation that did it.

[Tardis]

As far as I can tell the term "DRADIS" was invented for the show. As to what it is. From what we have seen of it DRADIS is likely a combination of radar, lidar and various passive EM sensors that are integrated into a single readout. Passive sensors are things like telescopes, infra-red scopes, spectral analyzers, radar and laser detectors, gamma and neutron detectors, pretty much everything from one infra-red to gamma rays and back.

[DeltaWhiskey]

A-la-ka-necromancy!

My mind was wandering at work today, and I had a thought about this. A possible origin for the term in writing, if not an outright descriptor of the actual function, could be Declination, Right Ascension, and DIStance?

Just a random thought.

[maneth]

That would certainly make a lot more sense.

I'm glad Moore retained the DRADIS as it's such an essential piece of technology, but I'm rather happy he decided to go with hours, minutes, weeks etc. rather than the microns, yahren etc. of the original show.

[garhkal]

That's what it's listed as, but that doesn't make much sense given that range and distance mean essentially the same thing. Well, so does direction and radius come to that. So take your pick.

The world that turned out to be Kobol was investigated because the raptor carrying Sharon detected water on it, although it was never clear to me if it was the DRADIS or some other instrumentation that did it.

Hows about Detection Ranging and Direction...