ldew
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Initialism of laser-directed energy weapon.
Example Sentences
- "DragonFire, a laser-directed energy weapon (LDEW), achieved the first UK firing of a high-power laser against an aerial target."
- "The UK’s Ministry of Defence has released new footage of its laser weapon DragonFire being tested. The video showed the laser-directed energy weapon, or LDEW, system successfully shooting an aerial target in tests off the coast of Scotland in January."
- "China's Norinco sent its OW5-A50 counter-unmanned aerial vehicle (C-UAV) laser directed energy weapon (LDEW) to a local defence exhibition in Oman on 10 October 2025, a company business development manager told Janes at the DIMDEX 2026 defence exhibition held from 19 to 22 January."