ELINT
Americannoun
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the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
Etymology
Origin of ELINT
1965–70; el(ectronic) int(elligence)
Example Sentences
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On one, he had scrawled the letters ELINT, short for “electronic intelligence” or eavesdropping on targets.
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