張耀仁: Defense technology

星期三, 2月 15, 2023

Defense technology

Timeline of English Language History (interactive version) ( video )

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Long range anti ship missile

IAMD, IAMD

AESA

F16 fighters with laser weapons

Long range anti ship missile

Listening comprehension Quiz (long range anti-ship missile)

Words in the episode. Select one word in each item.

1. Detect, perceive, recognize

2. Active, passive, neutral

3. Employment, deployment, ploy

4. Trajectory, transform, transmit

5. Dependent, independent, autonomous

Word anatomy:

Detect: de + tect, un + cover

Protect: pro + tect, forward + cover

Protégés, genius, favorite pupil or student

Deployment: de+ ploy, un+ fold

Employ: em+ ploy, en+ fold (involve)

Transmit: trans + mit, across + send

Admit: ad+ mit, to + send

Remit: re + mit, back + send

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Destroyer

Destroy: de + structure

Destruction

Structure

Infrastructure

Inferior

Infrared

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Autonomous: Greek

Autonomy

Automobile

Autopilot

Automatic

Astronomy, star + law

Astrology, star + study

Astronaut, star + navigator

Disaster, away + star (Latin)

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Routing: Latin

Threat: old English

Reduce: re + duce, back+ lead

Induce: in+ duce, into+ lead (fig)

Deduce: de+ duce (fig)

Logic

deduce vs. induce

Conduct: con+ duct, together+ lead

Conductor

Semiconductor

Descend：de+scend, down+ climb

Ascend: a+ scend, to+ climb

Transcend: trans (across) + scend

Descendent

Gradient descent

Artificial Neural Network (AI)

terminal, La.

root: term and its word family

Terminate: To bring to an end or cease
Determine: To establish or decide conclusively
Exterminate: To completely destroy or eliminate (ex: out of, thoroughly)
Determinate: Having defined limits; fixed (de: completely, thoroughly)
Predetermined: Decided in advance (pre: before)
Indeterminate: Not exactly known, established, or defined (in: not)
Terminology: The system of terms used in a particular field (logy: study of, speaking)
Eternal: Lasting forever; without end (ex: away)

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Quiz (IAMD)

Words in the episode. Select one word in each item.

6. Ballistic, cruise, guided

7. Individual, multiple, singularly

8. Supervise, scan, surveillance

9. Cuing, interlink, data link

10. Terminate, take off, intercept

integrate

ball, round object (proto-Germanic), bubble, (proto-Indo-European )

ballistic

mass

physical mass of electrons and others

mass of neutron and protons

defense

offense

Intercept, inter + cept, between + take

Susceptible, sub + cept, under + take

Concept, con+ cept, in + take

Word family