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FrankenSAM

/ˈfɹaŋkənˌsam/

FrankenSAM noun: any ground-based air-defence system assembled from multiple heterogeneous existing air-defence systems.

Noun

FrankenSAM (uncountable)

  1. (informal) Any ground-based air-defence system assembled from multiple heterogeneous existing air-defence systems.

Origin of FrankenSAM

From Franken- (“combination of disparate elements”) + SAM (“surface-to-air missile”).

Questions about FrankenSAM

What does FrankenSAM mean?
FrankenSAM means any ground-based air-defence system assembled from multiple heterogeneous existing air-defence systems.
What part of speech is FrankenSAM?
FrankenSAM is a noun.
How do you pronounce FrankenSAM?
FrankenSAM is pronounced /ˈfɹaŋkənˌsam/.

Words near FrankenSAM in the dictionary

  1. frankenpies
  2. frankenpledge
  3. frankenpledges
  4. frankenprey
  5. Frankens
  6. FrankenSAM
  7. frankensence
  8. frankenstein
  9. Frankenstein complex
  10. Frankenstein complexes
  11. frankenstein doctor

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