Any device used to jam radio reception.
Used in a Sentence
jammer
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for jammer.
Editorial note
If you mean that a jammer isn't tunable, and blasts out energy at all frequencies, you are wrong.
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Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
Any device used to jam radio reception.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of jammer gathered in one view.
A musician who jams.
A device (e.g. a jumar) which will slide along a rope in one direction but not the other, used in rock-climbing, caving etc.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for jammer.
noun
Any device used to jam radio reception.
noun
A musician who jams.
noun
A device (e.g. a jumar) which will slide along a rope in one direction but not the other, used in rock-climbing, caving etc.
noun
(roller derby) A player who attempts to score points by making their way past other players.
Example sentences
If you mean that a jammer isn't tunable, and blasts out energy at all frequencies, you are wrong.
Marriott is not using any sort of wifi jammer like the author is suggesting; in fact such devices would block their own wifi signal.
If you mean that a jammer doesn't discriminate between devices, I don't think it matters.
You can very cheaply(~$100) buy a 2G/3G/4G jammer from any Chinese wholesaler site(but don't,because it's illegal pretty much everywhere).
Seems like prisons would have enough clout to get an exception from the FCC to run a radio jammer.
There are of course cell based backups now, but those can be blocked with a pretty standard cellphone jammer too.
Plus you can just turn on a cellphone jammer and protect the entire area from robots.
Dolmio have zero interest in launching a wideband radio jammer mounted in a pepper shaker.
Even then, its hard to build an effective broadband jammer - you simple move to another part in a say ~120MHz band.
I could see designing one specifically as a passive jammer mounted to the right-hand mirror.
Everyone jammer is a DoS attack in one form or other.
And, depending on how your jammer works, I can probably kill it for a few thousand dollars (+- an order of magnitude).
Quote examples
You're pretty much describing a "smart"/active jammer there.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use jammer in a sentence?
If you mean that a jammer isn't tunable, and blasts out energy at all frequencies, you are wrong.
What does jammer mean?
Any device used to jam radio reception.
What part of speech is jammer?
jammer is commonly used as noun.