anti-jam

adjective

variants or anti-jamming
ˌan-tē-ˈja-miŋ
ˌan-tī- How to pronounce anti-jam (audio)
or less commonly antijam or antijamming
: used or intended to inhibit or prevent electronic jamming (see jam entry 2 sense transitive 4)
anti-jam technology
an anti-jamming feature

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Fang Qian, Lockheed Martin’s vice president of its GPS program, said this satellite will feature anti-jam capability that’s eight times stronger and three times more accurate than the legacy spacecraft on orbit today. Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026 Apart from the jet engine, the Geran-3 shares the features of the latest high-end Shaheds, including a 12-element anti-jam navigation system, camera and communications. David Hambling, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025 The company’s compact radio sets also offer multi-band, secure anti-jam voice, data imagery transmission, and network-capable communications. Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2025 The feeder has anti-jam technology, low food detection sensors, and a backup battery in case of power failure. Molly Higgins, Wired News, 11 July 2025 Under the Air Force contract, Broadcom’s staff developed an anti-jam filter chip for a Global Positioning System satellite receiver. IEEE Spectrum, 20 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1893, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of anti-jam was in 1893

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“Anti-jam.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-jam. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.

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