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defence (di FENS), (a British, Canadian spelling) (noun)
1. The act of making or keeping safe from danger, attack, or harm: The army mounted a good defense against the invaders.
2. The act of speaking or writing in support of someone or something which is being attacked or criticized: We listened to a passionate defense of the governor's decision.
defence (di FENS) (a British, Canadian spelling) (adjective)
Descriptive of a legal case which argues that a person who is being sued or accused of a crime is innocent: The defence attorney told the jury that the prosecution had not proven its case.
defense (di FENS), (the U.S. spelling ) (noun)
1. The action of protecting from or withstanding an attack or harm: A defense was set up along the boarder so that it could be safeguarded against the enemy.
2. Something said in order to support a person who is being condemned or blamed for something: The student stood firmly in his defense against the teacher's accusation that he was copying from another student during the test.
defense (di FENS) (the U.S. spelling) (adjective)
Relating to a legal case which is set forth by the side being indicted or sued in a lawsuit: While preparing the defense strategy, the lawyer had to know all of the facts that the defendant could tell him.

For the spelling bee Percy was asked to spell defense and he spelled it d-e-f-e-n-c-e.

His U.S. teacher announced: WRONG!

Percy explained that he had just moved from Canada and that is the way they spell defence; however, his teacher said that she was sorry, but this is a U.S. spelling contest and so it should be spelled as defense.

This entry is located in the following unit: Confusing Words Clarified: Group D; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. + (page 2)
defense (s) (noun), defenses (pl)
This entry is located in the following units: de- (page 14) -fend, fend-, fen- (page 1)
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electronic defense evaluation
1. A procedure in which a pilot uses electronic countermeasures to penetrate an area that is monitored by radar.

The process is designed to determine the effectiveness of both radar and aircraft.

2. A mutual evaluation of radar and aircraft, with the aircraft trying to penetrate the radar's area of coverage in an electronic countermeasure environment.
This entry is located in the following units: -ation, -ization (-iz[e] + -ation); -isation (British spelling variation) (page 34) electro-, electr-, electri- (page 61) -tron, -tronic, -tronics + (page 8)
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alarm-defense system
Defensive behavior which also functions as an alarm signaling device within the colony.

Examples include the use by certain ant species of chemical defensive secretions that double as alarm pheromones.

This entry is located in the following unit: Ant and Related Entomology Terms (page 1)