huff-duff
[huhf-duhf]
/ ˈhʌfˌdʌf /
NOUN
direction finder
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Its communications systems were supplying information to German submarines, and its American factories were assembling "Huff-Duff," the High Frequency Direction Finder used by the Allies to save their ships from German torpedoes.
From Time Magazine Archive
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