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Electronic Warfare

Definition: Electronic Warfare

Electronic Warfare

Noun

1. Military action involving the use of electromagnetic energy to determine or exploit or reduce or prevent hostile use of the electromagnetic spectrum.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 



Specialty Definitions: Electronic Warfare

DomainDefinitions

Electrical Engineering

Capability to disrupt or degrade an enemy's defenses across the entire electronic, infrared and visual spectrums, as well as the capability to prevent friendly force systems from being disrupted or degraded. Source: European Union. (references)

Military

Military action involving the use of electromagnetic energy to determine, exploit, reduce, or prevent hostile use of the electromagnetic spectrum and action to retain its effective use by friendly forces. See also electronic counter-countermeasures; electronic countermeasures; electronic warfare support measures. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Electronic Warfare

Synonyms: Computer crimes, EW (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Electronic Warfare

English words defined with "electronic warfare": ECCM, ECM, electronic counter-countermeasures, electronic countermeasures, electronic warfare-support measures, ESM. (references)
Specialty definitions using "electronic warfare": balloon reflectorelectronic support measures, electronic warfare support measuressuppression of enemy air defenses. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Electronic Warfare

DomainTitle

References

  • Electronic Warfare in Australia: A Strategic Entry Report, 1998 (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Ew 101: A First Course in Electronic Warfare (Artech House Radar Library) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Electronic Warfare

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Business

On the horizon, and as a matter of public record, are the intended purchases of CH-47 helicopters, 2 additional E-2T aircraft, additional missile, missile upgrade, radar, and Electronic Warfare systems. (references)

Examples include the electronic warfare system in the Israeli-built Arova aircraft, Matra BAe Dynamics Mistral surface-to-air missiles and launchers installed in the Spanish-built helicopter carrier, and Tardilan radios bought from Israel. (references)

The RTN has an immediate demand for electronic warfare systems such as electronic jammers and electronic countermeasures (ECMs), and is currently looking for chaff super rapid-block countermeasures to protect its vessels from missile attack. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expressions: Electronic Warfare

Expression using "electronic warfare": electronic warfare support measures. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "electronic warfare": electronic warfare-support measures.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Electronic Warfare

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

electronic warfare

78

associate electronic warfare

6

electronic warfare system

6

effects electronic warfare

2

aircraft electronic warfare

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Electronic Warfare

Language Translations for "electronic warfare"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Dutch

  

EOV, Elektronische oorlogsvoering, electronische oorlogvoering. (various references)

   

French

  

guerre électronique. (various references)

   

German

  

EloKa (Electronic Combat), elektronische Kampffuehrung, Elektronische Kampfführung (Electronic Combat). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

elektronikai hadviselés. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

戦闘電子戦情 (combat electronic warfare intelligence). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

せ"とうで"しせ"じょうほう (combat electronic warfare intelligence). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

electronicay arfareway.(various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

elektronski rat. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Electronic Warfare

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Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-e-e-e-f-i-l-n-o-r-r-r-t-w"

-4 letters: ferroelectric.

-5 letters: acceleration, recreational.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Electronic Warfare


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 6C 65 63 74 72 6F 6E 69 63      57 61 72 66 61 72 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01101100 01100101 01100011 01110100 01110010 01101111 01101110 01101001 01100011 00100000 01010111 01100001 01110010 01100110 01100001 01110010 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#108 &#101 &#99 &#116 &#114 &#111 &#110 &#105 &#99 &#32 &#87 &#97 &#114 &#102 &#97 &#114 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 006C 0065 0063 0074 0072 006F 006E 0069 0063      0057 0061 0072 0066 0061 0072 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

39787169868481807569257678472678471

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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