ELECTRONIC JAMMING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does electronic jamming mean? 

• ELECTRONIC JAMMING (noun)
  The noun ELECTRONIC JAMMING has 1 sense:

1. deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems

  Familiarity information: ELECTRONIC JAMMING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELECTRONIC JAMMING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

electronic jamming; jam; jamming

Hypernyms ("electronic 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 "electronic jamming"):

barrage jamming (electronic jamming over a wide range of frequencies simultaneously)

selective jamming; spot jamming (electronic jamming of a specific channel or frequency)