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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
Abbreviation of signals intelligence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Topics: espionage, government, military, politics, war
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noun
An Earth-orbiting satellite used to intercept signals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
A signal sent to a process by its controlling terminal when a user wishes to interrupt the process.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of SIGINT.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, countable, uncountable
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noun
intelligence information gathered from communications intelligence or electronics intelligence or telemetry intelligence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: signals intelligence
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: intelligence, intelligence activity, intelligence operation
Narrower terms: electronics intelligence, ELINT, communications intelligence, COMINT, telemetry intelligence, TELINT
History
Blend of signal + intelligence.
