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EARLY WARNING SYSTEM

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Dictionary entry overview: What does early warning system mean?

• EARLY WARNING SYSTEM (noun)
The noun EARLY WARNING SYSTEM has 1 sense:

1. a network of radar installations designed to detect enemy missiles or aircraft while there is still time to intercept them

Familiarity information: EARLY WARNING SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• EARLY WARNING SYSTEM (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A network of radar installations designed to detect enemy missiles or aircraft while there is still time to intercept them

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("early warning system" is a kind of...):

electronic network; network ((electronics) a system of interconnected electronic components or circuits)

Meronyms (parts of "early warning system"):

early warning radar (a radar that is part of an early warning system)

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