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Definition: EW

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. Military action involving the use of electromagnetic energy to determine or exploit or reduce or prevent hostile use of the electromagnetic spectrum.[Wordnet]
2. A yew.[Websters].

Sources: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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"Ew" is a common misspelling or typo for: we, new, few, EE, Jew, ES, dew, EA, yew, sew, pew, ewe, lew, mew, hew, tew, rew, EWT, EBW.

Date "Ew" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1400. (references)

Note: Ew \Ew\, noun. [See Yew.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: EW

Domain Definition
Aerospace Equivalent Width. (references)
Business Abbreviation for electronic warfare. (references)
Library Science The Economic Weekly. Bombay, India. (references)
Military 1: 1) Early warning. 2) Electronic warfare. (references)
  2: Electronic warfare. (references)
Mining Letter name specifying the dimensions of bits, core barrels, and drill rods in the E-size and W-group wireline diamond-drilling system having a core diameter of 21.5 mm and a hole diameter of 37.7 mm. Cf: EX. (references)
Technology Early Warning. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Common Expressions: EW

Expressions Definition
EW Comics EW Comics is a small indie comic book company based in Ottawa, Canada. Founded in 2002 by artist Eric Williams, EW Comics has published a number of successful comic book series in the proceeding years, particularly the Tolg series. EW Comics has also contributed to the production of a number of short animated films in co-operation with the Ottawa School of Art. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Expressions: EW

Expressions Domain Definition
EW (Early Warning) Aerospace Military spacecraft used to detect the launch of missiles and rockets from the Earth's surface are called early warning satellites. Information from these satellites is used to quickly detect the launch of offensive missiles, as well as track the long-term patterns of foreign countries' space programs. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: EW

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry Source Expression Field
EW English Electrically welded ship N/A
EW German Einwohnerwert Public Administration, Environment
Ew. German Einwohner Building & Civil Engineering, Geography
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Extended Definition: EW

EW

EW, Ew, or ew can mean:

  • The NYSE code for Edwards Lifesciences Corp
  • The IATA code for Eurowings airline
  • Entertainment Weekly magazine
  • Electronic warfare
  • Ellie Watson
  • Exawatt, an SI unit of power
  • Eugene Weekly newspaper
  • Extreme Warfare, a series of computer games
  • The digraph ew
  • "Ew," an interjection of disgust
  • "EW", an abbreviation for the conservation status level of extinct in the wild
  • "EW" short for Earthwatch
  • The Eggplant Wizard

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "EW". Image Credit.
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Topics by Level of Interest: EW

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
EW 22     EW 22
Ew (digraph) 14     Ew (digraph) 14
NZR EW class 10     EW Tipping Foundation 6
Pad see ew 6     NZR EW class 10
EW Tipping Foundation 6     Pad see ew 6

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

"EW" is a common misspelling or typo for: we, new, few, EE, Jew, ES, dew, EA, yew, sew, pew, ewe, lew, mew, hew, tew, rew, EWT, EBW.

Synonyms: EW
Position Synonyms (sorted by strength)

Noun

 action, yew.
Consider also: act, activity, achievement, yam, zinnia, accomplishment, agency, battle, deed, effect, engagement, movement, performance, conifer, wood, behavior, case, combat.

Expression

 electronic warfare.
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Translations: EW

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Chinese Simplified 电渣焊 (ew), 电子战模型 (EW model). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, ew. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional 電渣焊 (ew). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, ew. (volunteer & more translations)
Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations). Top