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meaconing

meaconing noun: the deceptive interception and rebroadcast of navigation signals to confuse an enemy.

Noun

meaconing (uncountable)

  1. The deceptive interception and rebroadcast of navigation signals to confuse an enemy.

Origin of meaconing

From masking beacon and -ing.

Questions about meaconing

What does meaconing mean?
Meaconing means the deceptive interception and rebroadcast of navigation signals to confuse an enemy.
What part of speech is meaconing?
Meaconing is a noun.

Words near meaconing in the dictionary

  1. Meachum
  2. Meachums
  3. Meaco
  4. meacock
  5. meacocks
  6. meaconing
  7. mead
  8. mead bench
  9. mead benches
  10. mead hall
  11. mead halls

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