In intelligence usage characterization or determination of the nature or
| identity of an equipment unit personnel or
| action The indication by any act or means of one s own friendly
| character or individuality The determination by any act or means of the friendly or hostile nature of a detected person
| object or phenomenon The
| process of attaining an accurate characterization of a detected
| entity by any act or means so that high confidence real time decisions including weapons engagement can be made Related
| terms detection
| friend hostile identification friend or foe neutral recognition unknown
- only individual words found (there may be no translations for some thesaurus entries in the bilingual dictionary)