AWACSn.

Brit.

/ˈeɪwaks/, U.S.

/ˈeɪˌwæks/

Forms: Also Awacs.

Etymology: Acronym, < the initial letters of Airborne Warning and Control System.

Military (originally U.S.).

An airborne long-range radar system for detecting other aircraft, including low-flying ones, and controlling weapons directed against them.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > instrument for detection > [noun] > radar system

radiolocation1935

televisibility1940

radar1941

precision approach radar1950

PAR1951

MTI1956

AWACS1966

society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > aircraft weapons or equipment > [noun] > radar system

AWACS1966

1966 Electronics 8 Aug. 47/1 Two companies received the go-ahead to proceed with the next study phase on the airborne warning and control system (Awacs).

1970 Sci. News 7 Feb. 149/1 Joining Safeguard on the upswing are such projects as the AWACS (Airborne Warning Alert Command System), a flying radar station to warn of a missile attack.

1977 R.A.F. News 30 Mar. 11/3 A British contribution to a Nato AWACS force..will be very costly.

1977 New Yorker 10 Oct. 167/1 One project the President was devoting his attention to was..the proposed sale of an Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) to Iran.

1986 Daily Tel. 16 Dec. 28/1 The Labour Government chose Nimrod in preference to AWACS in March 1977.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	awacs
释义	AWACSn. Brit. /ˈeɪwaks/, U.S. /ˈeɪˌwæks/ Forms: Also Awacs. Etymology: Acronym, < the initial letters of Airborne Warning and Control System. Military (originally U.S.). An airborne long-range radar system for detecting other aircraft, including low-flying ones, and controlling weapons directed against them. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > instrument for detection > [noun] > radar system radiolocation1935 televisibility1940 radar1941 precision approach radar1950 PAR1951 MTI1956 AWACS1966 society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > aircraft weapons or equipment > [noun] > radar system AWACS1966 1966 Electronics 8 Aug. 47/1 Two companies received the go-ahead to proceed with the next study phase on the airborne warning and control system (Awacs). 1970 Sci. News 7 Feb. 149/1 Joining Safeguard on the upswing are such projects as the AWACS (Airborne Warning Alert Command System), a flying radar station to warn of a missile attack. 1977 R.A.F. News 30 Mar. 11/3 A British contribution to a Nato AWACS force..will be very costly. 1977 New Yorker 10 Oct. 167/1 One project the President was devoting his attention to was..the proposed sale of an Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) to Iran. 1986 Daily Tel. 16 Dec. 28/1 The Labour Government chose Nimrod in preference to AWACS in March 1977. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1966
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