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sea skimming

sea skimming noun: the practice of a missile or aircraft flying as low as possible, minimizing the range at which it can be detected by a target at sea.

Noun

sea skimming (uncountable)

  1. The practice of a missile or aircraft flying as low as possible, minimizing the range at which it can be detected by a target at sea.

Questions about sea skimming

What does sea skimming mean?
Sea skimming means the practice of a missile or aircraft flying as low as possible, minimizing the range at which it can be detected by a target at sea.
What part of speech is sea skimming?
Sea skimming is a noun.

Words near sea skimming in the dictionary

  1. sea silks
  2. sea skater
  3. sea skaters
  4. sea skimmer
  5. sea skimmers
  6. sea skimming
  7. sea slater
  8. sea slaters
  9. sea slug
  10. sea slugs
  11. sea smoke

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