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

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)

 Context examples 

“We have been working with the industry to provide an early warning system against the most severe impacts of rising carbon dioxide levels.”

(Global ocean is absorbing more carbon from fossil fuel emissions, NOAA)