dew line (distant early-warning line)
1Distant Early Warning Line — DEW redirects here. For energy emitting weapons, see Directed Energy Weapons. USAF Distant Early Warning Line and Distant Early Warning System Office Emblem …
2Distant Early Warning Line — DEW Line Station in Point Lay, Alaska Die Distant Early Warning Line (DEW Line) ist eine Kette von Radarstationen entlang der US amerikanischen und kanadischen Arktis. Sie wurde zu Beginn der 1950er Jahre von US amerikanischen Wissenschaftlern… …
3Distant Early Warning line — Distant Early Warning line, = DEW line. (Cf. ↑DEW line) …
4DEW line — /dooh, dyooh/ a 3000 mi. (4800 km) long network of radar stations north of the Arctic Circle, maintained by the U.S. and Canada for providing advance warning of the approach of hostile planes, missiles, etc. [1955 60; D(istant) E(arly) W(arning)] …
5DEW line — noun The Distant Early Warning Line, a series of radar stations, located north of the Arctic Circle and extending from Alaska to Baffin Island, operated by American and Canadian authorities from the late 1950s to the early 1990s to help protect… …
6Demarcation Bay DEW Line Station — Part of Alaskan Air Command (AAC) Type …
7Dew (disambiguation) — Dew is the condensation of atmospheric water vapor into droplets. Dew point is the air temperature at which dew will form. Dew point depression is an atmospheric weather term in meteorology. Dew pond, artificial pond for watering livestock Dew,… …
8DEW — steht als Abkürzung für Directed Energy Weapon, Waffensysteme, die mit gebündelter Energie militärische Ziele vertreiben, paralysieren, schädigen oder vernichten Distant Early Warning Line Dortmunder Energie und Wasserversorgung, ein deutsches… …
9Dew warning — Not to be confused with Distant Early Warning Line. A dew warning, also known as a dew alarm or dew signal, is an error indication on VCRs and camcorders if the VCR/camcorder develops dew inside the unit from being exposed to extreme temperature… …
10DEW — milit. abbr. Distant Early Warning acronym Distant Early Warning (as in DEW Line) …
