HEAT-SEEKING MISSILE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does heat-seeking missile mean? 

• HEAT-SEEKING MISSILE (noun)
  The noun HEAT-SEEKING MISSILE has 1 sense:

1. a missile with a guidance system that directs it toward targets emitting infrared radiation (as the emissions of a jet engine)

  Familiarity information: HEAT-SEEKING MISSILE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEAT-SEEKING MISSILE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A missile with a guidance system that directs it toward targets emitting infrared radiation (as the emissions of a jet engine)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("heat-seeking missile" is a kind of...):

missile (a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "heat-seeking missile"):

brilliant pebble (a code name for a small computerized heat-seeking missile that was supposed to intercept and destroy enemy missiles)

Stinger (a portable low altitude surface-to-air missile system using infrared guidance and an impact fuse; fired from the shoulder)