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JAMMING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems
Synonyms:
electronic jamming; jam; jamming
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("jamming" is a kind of...):
ECM; electronic countermeasures (electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jamming"):
barrage jamming (electronic jamming over a wide range of frequencies simultaneously)
selective jamming; spot jamming (electronic jamming of a specific channel or frequency)
Derivation:
jam (interfere with or prevent the reception of signals)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb jam