HEAT-SEEKING MISSILE
Dictionary entry overview: What does heat-seeking missile mean? • HEAT-SEEKING MISSILE (noun)
The noun HEAT-SEEKING MISSILE has 1 sense:
1. a missile with a guidance system that directs it toward targets emitting infrared radiation (as the emissions of a jet engine)
Familiarity information: HEAT-SEEKING MISSILE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HEAT-SEEKING MISSILE (noun)
Meaning:
A missile with a guidance system that directs it toward targets emitting infrared radiation (as the emissions of a jet engine)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("heat-seeking missile" is a kind of...):
missile (a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "heat-seeking missile"):
brilliant pebble (a code name for a small computerized heat-seeking missile that was supposed to intercept and destroy enemy missiles)
Stinger (a portable low altitude surface-to-air missile system using infrared guidance and an impact fuse; fired from the shoulder)
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