ELECTRONIC DECEPTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does electronic deception mean? 

• ELECTRONIC DECEPTION (noun)
  The noun ELECTRONIC DECEPTION has 1 sense:

1. the deliberate use of electromagnetic energy in a manner intended to convey misleading information

  Familiarity information: ELECTRONIC DECEPTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELECTRONIC DECEPTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The deliberate use of electromagnetic energy in a manner intended to convey misleading information

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Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("electronic deception" is a kind of...):

ECM; electronic countermeasures (electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "electronic deception"):

electronic manipulative deception; manipulative electronic deception (actions to eliminate revealing telltale indicators that could be used by the enemy (or to convey misleading indicators))

electronic simulative deception; simulative electronic deception (actions to represent friendly notional or actual capabilities to mislead hostile forces)

electronic imitative deception; imitative electronic deception (the introduction of electromagnetic energy into enemy systems that imitates enemy emissions)