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 Dictionary entry overview: What does EW mean? 

EW (noun)
  The noun EW has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: EW used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EW (noun)


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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

electronic warfare; EW

Hypernyms ("EW" is a kind of...):

action; military action (a military engagement)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "EW"):

ECM; electronic countermeasures (electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum)

ECCM; electronic counter-countermeasures (electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare)

electronic warfare-support measures; ESM (electronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition)

electromagnetic intrusion (the deliberate insertion of electromagnetic energy into transmission paths with the objective of confusing or deceiving operators)


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