chaff in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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It was subsequently established that such filaments had an alternative use as chaff for radar decoy purposes.
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B-29 gunners stated that searchlight beams sometimes followed the chaff as it floated down.
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It is the step in grain preparation after harvesting and before winnowing, which separates the loosened chaff from the grain.
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The flare and chaff dispensers were moved, and the ram air intake was lengthened at the fin's base.
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A chaff device misfired, streaming chaff instead of launching it away from the ship.
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The captain of an ore freighter saw the frigate's attack and rammed it with his ship, using his cargo as chaff.
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Each wheat grain is separated from its chaff before distillation in order to eliminate any bitterness and to reveal the wheats individual flavor.
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The piles are then carefully set on fire so only the straw and chaff burn and not the seeds.
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Later-production aircraft had the chaff dispensers relocated to the cargo door.
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An advantage of this system was that it would be unaffected by the target aircraft using radar countermeasures such as chaff.
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