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Protective casings of the seeds of cereal grain
Chaff (/tʃæf/; also UK: /tʃɑːf/) is dry, scale-like plant material such as the protective seed casings of cereal grains, the scale-like parts of flowers
Chaff
Radar countermeasure
Chaff, originally called Window or Düppel, is a radar countermeasure involving the dispersal of thin strips of aluminium, metallized glass fiber, or plastic
Chaff_(countermeasure)
Topics referred to by the same term
chaff or separate the wheat from the chaff in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Chaff is dry inedible plant material. Chaff may also refer to: Chaff (countermeasure)
Chaff_(disambiguation)
Device for cutting straw or hay into small pieces
required). Introduction to chaff cutter The “chaff box” or “chaff cutter” Chaff Cutting in Millthorpe Tractor Driven Chaff Cutter with Upward and Downward
Chaff_cutter
Programming algorithm
Chaff is an algorithm for solving instances of the Boolean satisfiability problem in programming. It was designed by researchers at Princeton University
Chaff_algorithm
Cryptographic technique
mixed together with inedible fibrous chaff. The chaff and grain are then separated by winnowing, and the chaff is discarded. The cryptographic technique
Chaffing_and_winnowing
Species of flowering plant
splendens (ʻEwa hinahina; also called Maui chaff flower, round chaff flower, round-leaf chaff flower, or round-leaved chaff flower) is a species of flowering plant
Achyranthes_splendens
Chaff-Faced Ware (sometimes abbreviated as CFW, and alternately called Chaff-Tempered Ware) is a Late Chalcolithic (4300-3500BCE) pottery which has found
Chaff-Faced_Ware
Corvus chaff launcher is a British shipborne chaff decoy launching system manufactured by Vickers Ltd Group. It is a lightweight, quick reaction system
Corvus_chaff_launcher
American song
"Gumbo Chaff", also spelled "Gombo Chaff", is an American song, first performed in the early 1830s. It was part of the repertoire of early blackface performers
Gumbo_Chaff
Surname list
Look up chaffer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Chaffer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Lucy Chaffer (born 1983), Australian
Chaffer
Species of plant
Achyranthes aspera (common names: chaff-flower, prickly chaff flower, devil's horsewhip, Sanskrit: अपामार्ग apāmārga) is a species of plant in the family
Achyranthes_aspera
Vexatious litigant
Alexander Chaffers was a notorious lawyer who was a party in the scandal of Sir Travers and Lady Twiss in 1872 and was subsequently considered such a vexatious
Alexander_Chaffers
American short-range decoy launching system
The BAE Systems Mark 36 Super Rapid Bloom Offboard Countermeasures Chaff and Decoy Launching System (abbreviated as SRBOC or "Super-arboc") is an American
Mark_36_SRBOC
Species of flowering plant
Achyranthes japonica, commonly known as Oriental chaff flower or Japanese chaff flower, is a perennial member of the genus Achyranthes in the family Amaranthaceae
Achyranthes_japonica
Fragments left over from cutting into paper
tape used in telegraphy. These patents sometimes include synonyms such as "chaff" and "chips". A patent filing in 1930 included a "receptacle or chad box
Chad_(paper)
Method of separating grain from chaff
Winnowing is a process by which chaff is separated from grain. It can also be used to remove pests from stored grain. Winnowing usually follows threshing
Winnowing
William Chaffers (28 September 1811 – 12 April 1892) was an English antiquary and writer of reference works on hallmarks, and marks on ceramics. His Marks
William_Chaffers
Genus of flowering plants
medicinal and ornamental plants in the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae. Chaff flower is a common name for plants in this genus. The Hawaiian species (A
Achyranthes
Species of flowering plant
Achyranthes mutica (also called blunt chaff flower) is a species of plant in the family Amaranthaceae. It is endemic to Hawaii. It is a perennial shrub
Achyranthes_mutica
Bacterial wheat disease
Bacterial leaf streak (BLS), also known as black chaff, is a common bacterial disease of wheat. The disease is caused by the bacterial species Xanthomonas
Bacterial_leaf_streak
Civil conflict and genocide in Zimbabwe (1982-87)
term which loosely translates to "the early rain which washes away the chaff before the spring rains". During the Rhodesian Bush War, two rival nationalist
Gukurahundi
Apparatus that grinds grain into flour
building that holds it. Grist is grain that has been separated from its chaff in preparation for grinding. The Greek geographer Strabo reported in his
Gristmill
Short Range Chaff Rocket (SRCR), Medium Range Chaff Rocket (MRCR), and Long Range Chaff Rocket (LRCR) in 2021 to satisfy the qualitative chaff requirements
Defence_Laboratory,_Jodhpur
Decoy system
Factory Board for the Indian Navy. The Indian Navy previously procured chaff rocket systems from the Soviet Union. Supplies came to a halt following
Kavach_(anti-missile_system)
1993 short story by Greg Egan
"Chaff" is a science-fiction novelette by Australian writer Greg Egan, first published in Interzone #78 in December 1993. The novelette was included in
Chaff_(novelette)
American actor (born 1971)
1971) is an American actor. He has had several major roles, including Chaff in Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013), Detective Sergeant Morris in American
E._Roger_Mitchell
The AN/SLQ-49 Chaff Buoy Decoy System, commonly referred to as "Rubber Duck", consists of inflatable radar-reflecting decoy buoys. It is used by the U
AN/SLQ-49 Chaff Buoy Decoy System
AN/SLQ-49_Chaff_Buoy_Decoy_System
Archaic English occupation
A chafe-wax, or chaff-wax, was an officer under the Lord Chancellor, whose duty it was to prepare the wax for sealing documents. The office was abolished
Chafe-wax
English pottery manufacturer (1731–1765)
Richard Chaffers (1731 – 8 December 1765) was a pottery manufacturer in Liverpool, England. Chaffers, son of a shipwright in Liverpool, started in business
Richard_Chaffers
Students' newspaper at Massey University, New Zealand
Chaff was the students' newspaper at Massey University, New Zealand, from 1934 until 2011. Chaff was established by the Massey Agricultural College Students'
Chaff_(newspaper)
Form of electronic countermeasures
operator's scope. Mechanical jamming devices include chaff, corner reflectors, and decoys. Chaff is made of different length metallic strips, which reflect
Radar_jamming_and_deception
Air-to-surface rocket
operations. It can be used to carry various types of warheads, including chaff for countermeasures. It is usually fired from the LAU-10 rocket pod, holding
Zuni_(rocket)
Military aircraft utilized in electronic warfare
deception methods. In 1943, British Avro Lancaster aircraft were equipped with chaff in order to blind enemy air defence radars. They were supplemented by specially-equipped
Electronic-warfare_aircraft
Species of flowering plant
Chamissoa altissima, or false chaff flower, is native to North and South America. In Brazil it grows in the Cerrado vegetation. List of plants of Cerrado
Chamissoa_altissima
Hard outer layers of cereal grain
(maize), wheat, oats, barley, rye, and millet. Bran is not the same as chaff, which is a coarser, scaly material surrounding the grain and is indigestible
Bran
Reported UFO incident in 1964
argued the team had actually recorded the release of decoy warheads and chaff designed to prevent the weapon being intercepted by Soviet defenses. According
Big_Sur_UFO
Protective husk of rice grains
material, fertilizer, insulation material, or fuel. Rice hulls are part of the chaff of the rice. Rice hulls are part of the rice seed. The hull protects the
Rice_hull
Cereal food made from green durum wheat
and sun-dried, and then carefully set alight such that only the straw and chaff burn, with the grain protected by its high water content. This roasted wheat
Freekeh
Chaff on the Wind (1986) is the first novel by Gambian author Ebou Dibba. Set in the Gambia, it was published by Macmillan Education. Some of the characters
Chaff_on_the_Wind
British decoy system
Seduction Chaff, which was designed to give a larger and more rapid cloud of chaff than existing SRBOC munitions at the time. Mk216 Distraction Chaff Mk245
Seagnat
Norman Chaffer OAM, FRZS, RAOU (1899 – 22 November 1992) was an Australian businessman, a bird photographer and an amateur ornithologist. He was a pioneer
Norman_Chaffer
Agricultural tool for preparing grains
A winnowing basket or fan is a tool for winnowing grain from chaff while removing dirt and dust too. They have been used traditionally in a number of
Winnowing_basket
Naval missile decoy system
forming part of a layered defence to counter anti-ship missiles. Unlike chaff, the decoy is persistent and will float for up to three hours in sea state
Naval_Decoy_IDS300
Chaff rocket
Tracor for use by the United States Air Force. It was used to dispense chaff from Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bombers. Originally given the designation
ADR-8
Separating edible grain from straw
piece of ground so that when the straw was removed the wind blew away the chaff and left the grain. A contemporary version of this in some locations is
Threshing
Species of flowering plant
Amphitecna macrophylla, commonly known as black calabash or chaff-bush, is a species of plant in the family Bignoniaceae. It is found in small patches
Amphitecna_macrophylla
Missile that follows a sub-orbital ballistic flightpath
(RV) deployment. 6. The RVs, as well as decoys and chaff, are deployed. 7. The RVs (now armed) and chaff re-enter the atmosphere at high speeds. 8. The nuclear
Ballistic_missile
Modified or specialized leaf
further pair of bracts at its base called glumes. These bracts form the chaff that is usually removed from cereal grain during threshing and winnowing
Bract
Iranian warship class, commissioned 2022
with six 23 mm gatling guns (likely Asef), one 30 mm autocannon and two chaff dispensers. These are also incorporated in other warships of the class.
Shahid Soleimani-class corvette
Shahid_Soleimani-class_corvette
Ballistic missile payload containing multiple warheads which are independently targetable
vehicle backs away, the RVs, decoys, and chaff are deployed (this may occur during ascent). 7. The RVs and chaff reenter the atmosphere at high speeds and
Multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle
Multiple_independently_targetable_reentry_vehicle
Agricultural machine
improvements to a machine that automatically threshes and separates grain from the chaff, freeing farmers from a slow and laborious process. Avery and Pitts were
Threshing_machine
Machine that harvests grain crops
Harvester series. These combines used a shaker to separate the grain from the chaff and straw-walkers (grates with small teeth on an eccentric shaft) to eject
Combine_harvester
Military airplane defensive hardware and software
packets of chaff/flares giving the Eurofighter a total of 320 chaff/flare cartridges (total weight 7–9 kg), consisting of the following decoys: Chaff RR-184
Praetorian_DASS
Agricultural byproduct of cereal crops
byproduct consisting of the dry stalks of cereal plants after the grain and chaff have been removed. It makes up about half of the yield by weight of cereal
Straw
Missile flight technique
Sea skimming is a technique many anti-ship missiles and some fighter or strike aircraft use to avoid radar and infrared detection and to lower the probability
Sea_skimming
Type of bedding
(ticking). This is then filled to make a mattress, with material such as straw, chaff, horsehair, coarse wool or down feathers, and less commonly, leaves, grass
Tick_mattress
Digital Radio Frequency Memory jammer
versions: the BriteCloud 55 decoy launched from standard 55 mm diameter chaff/flare cartridge dispensers, and the BriteCloud 218 decoy launched from smaller
AN/ALQ-260_BriteCloud
Small migratory passerine bird found in Europe, Asia and north Africa
and off-white below, it is named onomatopoeically for its simple chiff-chaff song. It has a number of subspecies, some of which are now treated as full
Common_chiffchaff
Verse of the New Testament
his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire. The World English Bible translates the passage as:
Matthew_3:12
Restorationist Christian denomination
25–26, 101. Singelenberg, Richard (1989). "It Separated the Wheat From the Chaff: The 1975 Prophecy and its Impact Among Dutch Jehovah's Witnesses". Sociological
Jehovah's_Witnesses
2024 Danish television miniseries
tiden) 49 min 20 October 2024 (2024-10-20) 2 "Separating the Wheat from the Chaff" (Fårene skilles fra bukkene) 50 min 27 October 2024 (2024-10-27) 3 "The
Families_like_Ours
Airborne ECM flare and chaff ejection system
incoming radar and infrared homing missiles. It works by dispensing flares or chaff from a large variety of military aircraft. In accordance with the Joint
AN/ALE-47
Extinct species of flowering plant
Achyranthes atollensis (also called atoll achyranthes or Hawaiʻi chaff flower) was a species of plant in the family Amaranthaceae. It was endemic to the
Achyranthes_atollensis
Australian sprint canoeist
Ross Chaffer (born 18 July 1972) is an Australian sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1990s and early 2000s. He won a bronze medal in the K-4 1000
Ross_Chaffer
Electronic device for deceiving detection systems
during the Gallipoli campaign. World War II ECM expanded to include dropping chaff (originally called Window), jamming and spoofing radar and navigation signals
Electronic_countermeasure
1996 studio album by Propagandhi
misunderstands them, even if it separates the wheat from the chaff and we're the chaff and it's just us. Let's lay it out on the table." The album was
Less_Talk,_More_Rock
Jet-powered drone
Expendable decoy derived directly from Firebee. 147NA: Chaff dispenser variant. 147NC: Chaff / leaflet dispenser variant. 147NC(M1): Low-level version
Ryan_Model_147
Iranian Moudge-class frigate sunk by US Submarine action
cannons Oerlikon 2 × triple 324 mm light torpedoes 2 × Sayad-2 SAMs 2 × chaff dispensers Aircraft carried 1 × Bell 212 ASW helicopter Aviation facilities
IRIS_Dena
Pakistani One-way attack drone
Advanced Decontamination System (HEADS) Countermeasure systems MOHAFIZ Chaff & Flare system Electronics EW DETJAM-6500 RIBAT Spider-AD Safrah Radars
GIDS_Sarkash
Grain separated from chaff for grinding
Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Grist is grain that has been separated from its chaff in preparation for grinding. It can also refer to grain that has been coarsely
Grist
1944 military operations
deceive the radar system they proposed dropping clouds of aluminium foil (chaff, then code-named Window) at two mile intervals. The clouds would appear
D-Day_naval_deceptions
Genus of flowering plants
Amphipappus is a North American genus in the family Asteraceae. It is native to desert regions of the southwestern United States, in southern California
Amphipappus
in four pods, Booket jammer system and chaff dispensers in the tailcone. Later-production aircraft had the chaff dispensers relocated to the cargo door
List of Antonov An-12 variants
List_of_Antonov_An-12_variants
Defence of a single object or a limited area
defence. Similarly, passive systems—electronic countermeasures, decoys, chaff, flares, barrage balloons—are not considered point defence. Bachem Ba 349
Point-defence
1984 album by the Minutemen
songs for different sides of the double album, with the fourth side named "Chaff". Lyrics for several songs on Double Nickels on the Dime were written by
Double_Nickels_on_the_Dime
Single-barrel Autocannon
larger than 20 mm ammunition. An unusual munition was the Chaff dispenser PRL, with 48,000 chaff particles internally; it is not known how it was used. The
Nudelman-Rikhter_NR-30
Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Le Chaffal (French pronunciation: [lə ʃafal]; Occitan: Lo Chaafalc) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. Communes of the Drôme
Le_Chaffal
Perry Barr Garry Hickton Khalid Mahmood Sabah Hamed Kefentse Dennis Andy Chaffer (CPB) Ayoub Khan (Independent) Labour Khalid Mahmood Birmingham Selly Oak
Candidates of the 2024 United Kingdom general election by constituency
Candidates_of_the_2024_United_Kingdom_general_election_by_constituency
Class of American amphibious assault ships
ships include four to six Mark 36 SRBOC chaff and decoy launchers, an AN/SLQ-25 torpedo decoy, AN/SLQ-49 chaff buoys, a Sea Gnat missile decoy, and an
Wasp-class amphibious assault ship
Wasp-class_amphibious_assault_ship
American band
Tennessee. It is made up of husband and wife songwriters Don and Lori Chaffer. The band was formed in 1995. Upon completion of Don's solo album You Were
Waterdeep_(band)
Character flaw in someone
that the glorious statue shall be smashed by a stone into pieces, like chaff on the threshing floor, and blown to the winds. The image of the expensive
Feet_of_clay
Type of aircraft
AN/ALQ-221 AN/ALQ-249 AN/ALQ-260 AN/SLQ-25 AN/SLQ-32 AN/ULQ-6 Flare and chaff decoy systems AN/ALE-47 AN/SLQ-49 Mark 36 SRBOC Nulka Directional IRCM systems
Shield_AI_MQ-35_V-BAT
Australian science fiction author and mathematician
ISBN 0-646-23230-4 Chaff (1993) Beyond the Whistle Test (1989) Transition Dreams (1993) Our Lady of Chernobyl (1994) Luminous (1998), ISBN 1-85798-551-6 Chaff (1993)
Greg_Egan
Outer shell or coating of a seed
seed rack of the corn. Dehulling is the process of removing the hulls (or chaff) from beans and other seeds. This is sometimes done using a machine known
Husk
Swedish aircraft equipment pod
(infrared homing) missile counter-measures pod. It can be equipped with chaff-dispensing, flares and electronic counter-measures and threat analysis capabilities
BOZ_counter-measures_pod
Part of electronic warfare
they codenamed Window during World War II, which Americans referred to as chaff. It was first used during the Hamburg raid on July 24-25, 1943. Jamming
Electronic counter-countermeasure
Electronic_counter-countermeasure
American stealth multirole fighter aircraft
AIM-260 JATM. Two compartments behind the weapons bays contain flares, chaff, and towed decoys. The aircraft can use six external weapons stations for
Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II
UK aeorospace and defence group
the technology from both domestic and foreign armed forces, using it as chaff, a radar decoy. During 1974, the company was first listed on the London
Chemring_Group
ships, Osprey-class minehunters Alliant Techsystems AN/SLQ-49 Rubber Duck chaff-dispensing buoy decoy system consists of 2 inflatable decoy floats connected
List of military electronics of the United States: M–Z
List_of_military_electronics_of_the_United_States:_M–Z
Moudge-class frigate of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
systems Asr 3D PESA long-range radar Electronic warfare & decoys 2 × 8 chaff launcher Armament Naval guns 1 × 76 mm Fajr-27 naval gun 1 × 40 mm Fath-40
IRIS_Sahand_(2012)
Traditional woven bed used in South Asia
would be topped (with an insulating palliasse or tick, stuffed with straw, chaff, or down feathers), and possibly hung with curtains. There are many interpretations
Charpai
Class of missile corvette
1101 Jammer Decoys: 2× Plessey Shield 9-barrelled chaff launchers, 2× twin RAFAEL long range chaff launchers fitted below the bridge wings Armament Anti-ship:
Victory-class_corvette
Pakistani Guided MLRS family
Advanced Decontamination System (HEADS) Countermeasure systems MOHAFIZ Chaff & Flare system Electronics EW DETJAM-6500 RIBAT Spider-AD Safrah Radars
Fatah (multiple rocket launcher)
Fatah_(multiple_rocket_launcher)
Second son of Prince Hans-Adam II and Marie, Princess of Liechtenstein
the princely house. "Max von Liechtenstein: "Corona Separates Wheat from Chaff"". 17 March 2020. Archived from the original on 2 July 2022. Retrieved 2
Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein
Prince_Maximilian_of_Liechtenstein
the remaining grain and chaff was collected. By a process called winnowing, the grain was tossed into the air to allow the chaff and dirt to be blown away
Threshing_stone
Apparent unusual observation in the sky
grass, possibly explained in some cases as nests from ballooning spiders or chaff. A scientifically skeptical group that has for many years offered critical
Unidentified_flying_object
Copyright notice
""All rights reserved." in a copyright declaration is nearly always just chaff". Frequently Given Answers. Archived from the original on 2005-03-20. Eugene
All_rights_reserved
the final tribute to die in the arena, killed by Peeta after Brutus kills Chaff; this was confirmed in Mockingjay during Peeta's interview with Caesar Flickerman
List of The Hunger Games characters
List_of_The_Hunger_Games_characters
1980–1988 armed conflict in West Asia
equipment, incorporating modern electronic countermeasure pods, decoys such as chaff and flare, and anti-radiation missiles. Due to the heavy losses in the last
Iran–Iraq_War
CHAFF
CHAFF
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : descriptive nickname for a bald man, from Middle English chaffin, a diminutive of Old French chauf ‘bald’ (Latin calvus).All present-day English bearers of the name Chaffin are descended from John Chaffin (died 1658), a blacksmith of Bruton, Somerset. The surname is now much more common in America than in England.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Chaffee.
Surname or Lastname
English (Dorset)
English (Dorset) : variant spelling of Chaffee. In the U.K. this is the usual spelling of the surname.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Chaffin.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Chaffee.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : descriptive nickname from a derivative of Old French chauf ‘bald’ (Latin calvus). Compare Cave.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin) and northern French
English (of Norman origin) and northern French : nickname for a bald man, from Anglo-Norman French cauf ‘bald’. Compare Chaffee.English : habitational name from a place in East Yorkshire called Cave, apparently from a river name derived from Old English cÄf ‘swift’.French : metonymic occupational name for someone employed in or in charge of the wine cellars of a great house, from Old French cave ‘cave’, ‘cellar’ (Latin cavea, a derivative of cavus ‘hollow’).French, possibly also English : topographic name for someone who lived in or near a cave, from the same word as in 3 in an older sense.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Chaffin.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English spink ‘chaffinch’ (probably of imitative origin), hence a nickname bestowed on account of some fancied resemblance to the bird.
CHAFF
CHAFF
Girl/Female
American, British, Christian, English, Greek, Hindu, Indian, Latin
A Clear; Brilliant Glass; Ice; Follower of Christ
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Glorious
Girl/Female
Australian, French, Latin, Polish
Woman of Honor; Honored
Boy/Male
Hindu
Lord Murugan
Girl/Female
Indian
In Happy mood, Delighted
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a watercourse or road junction, Old English gelǣt, or a habitational name from Leat in Devon, or The Leete in Essex, named with this element.
Boy/Male
Indian, Tamil
Beautiful Lover
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Brave; Bold; Courageous; Valiant; Dear
Boy/Male
German
Surname relating to falconry.
Boy/Male
Spanish
Prosperous guardian.
CHAFF
CHAFF
CHAFF
CHAFF
CHAFF
a.
Abounding in, or resembling, chaff.
a.
Without chaff.
a.
Light or worthless as chaff.
imp. & p. p.
of Chaff
a.
Resembling chaff; composed of light dry scales.
n.
The chaffinch.
n.
One who chaffs.
n.
One who chaffers; a bargainer.
n.
A small appendage like a rudimentary leaf, resembling the scales of a fish in form, and often in arrangement; as, the scale of a bud, of a pine cone, and the like. The name is also given to the chaff on the stems of ferns.
n.
The chaffinch.
imp. & p. p.
of Chaffer
n.
The chaffinch; -- called also roberd.
n.
The act of fanning, or winnowing, for the purpose of separating chaff and dust from the grain.
n.
A sieve with coarse meshes, usually of wire, for separating coarser materials from finer, as chaff from grain, cinders from ashes, or gravel from sand.
n.
The chiff-chaff.
v. t.
To separate, as grain from the chaff, with a riddle; to pass through a riddle; as, riddle wheat; to riddle coal or gravel.
v. i.
To separate chaff from grain.
n.
To separate, and drive off, the chaff from by means of wind; to fan; as, to winnow grain.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Chaffer
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Chaff