IED

See also: ied

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌaɪ iː ˈdiː/

Noun

IED (countable and uncountable, plural IEDs)

1. (electronics) Initialism of Intelligent Electronic Device (a sensor, actuator, or PLC used as part of a SCADA system)
2. (languages) Initialism of Interlingua-English Dictionary (the first dictionary of Interlingua)
3. (medicine) Initialism of interictal epileptiform discharge (a type of brain waves related to epilepsy)
   • 2003, Randolph B. Schiffer et al., Neuropsychiatry (2nd edition), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN, page 1109:

     Hippocampal sclerosis was less common in the patients with IED.

   • 2007, Jerome Engel et al., Epilepsy: A Comprehensive Textbook (2nd edition), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN, page 809:

     Initial concerns revolved mainly around the relationship between the interictal epileptiform discharge (IED) and the clinical diagnosis of epilepsy.

4. (weaponry) Initialism of improvised explosive device.
5. (medicine) Initialism of intermittent explosive disorder.

Translations

improvised explosive device — see also improvised explosive device

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• Chechen: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自制爆炸装置, 简易爆炸装置

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• French: (rare) EEI (fr) m, (military in France) IED (fr) m
• German: USBV (de) f
• Polish: ajdik (pl) m, fugas (pl) m
• Russian: СВУ (ru) n (SVU)

See also

• booby trap
• car bomb
• letter bomb
• Molotov cocktail

References

• IED on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• 'Eid, 'eid, -ide, EDI, EID, Eid, IDE, Ide, die, eid, ide