"DEW" meaning in All languages combined

See DEW on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} DEW (uncountable)
  1. (nuclear warfare) Acronym of Distant Early Warning. Wikidata QID: Q1229395 Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable Alternative form of: Distant Early Warning Related terms: DEW line
    Sense id: en-DEW-en-noun-en:Q1229395 Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks, Nuclear warfare

Noun [English]

Forms: DEWs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} DEW (plural DEWs)
  1. Initialism of directed-energy weapon. Wikidata QID: Q1341528 Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: directed-energy weapon Related terms: death ray, heat ray, laser, maser, ray gun
    Sense id: en-DEW-en-noun-en:Q1341528 Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 66
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