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 Translation for 'to jam' from English to Portuguese
VERB   to jam | jammed | jammed
jamming | jams
SYNO crush | electronic jamming | fix | ...
obstuirto jam
gastr.
doce {m}
jam
2
gastr.
geleia {f}
jam
2
atolamento {m} [de papel]jam
trâ.
engarrafamento {m}
jam
trâ.
congestionamento {m}
jam
gastr.
compota {f}
jam
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Translation for 'to jam' from English to Portuguese

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to jam
obstuir

jam
doce {m}gastr.

geleia {f}gastr.

atolamento {m} [de papel]

engarrafamento {m}trâ.

congestionamento {m}trâ.

compota {f}gastr.
Usage Examples English
  • The Second Doctor used an audio frequency to jam them, causing them to spin, crash and disintegrate.
  • The 36th Bombardment Squadron was the Eighth Air Force's only electronic warfare squadron using specially equipped B-24s to jam German VHF communications during large Eighth Air Force daylight raids.
  • Initial service experience revealed that the ShKAS machine guns had a tendency to jam.
  • However, an enemy might be able to jam such a torpedo's guidance system and set it off course.
  • Historical examples of jamming include the E10 (a station thought to originate from Israel's Mossad intelligence agency) being jammed by the "Chinese Music Station" (thought to originate from the People's Republic of China and usually used to jam "Sound of Hope" radio broadcasts which are anti-PRC in nature).

  • There is some evidence that the Argentines attempted to jam the broadcasts and that some civilian radio receivers were confiscated from soldiers, but the results overall were difficult to assess.
  • Belushi bought an amplifier and they kept some musical instruments there for anyone who wanted to jam.
  • Western countries invested heavily in powerful transmitters which enabled services such as the BBC, VOA and Radio Free Europe (RFE) to be heard in the Eastern Bloc, despite attempts by authorities to jam the airways.
  • Large pieces of corrugated fiberboard and plastic bags are removed by hand at this stage, as they can cause later machinery to jam.
  • In October the band also got a chance to jam with Jimi Hendrix, who had recently arrived in London.

  • In reality, the pins are arranged in up to four vertically or/and horizontally slightly displaced columns in order to increase the dot density and print speed through interleaving without causing the pins to jam.
  • This form of the trucker's hitch is least likely to jam, coming apart easily once tension is released.
  • This allows the jammer to jam multiple radars at once, and reduces or eliminates the need for adjustments to respond to any single radar.
  • This resulted in efforts to jam this non-existent guidance system as early as September 1944, using both ground and air-based jammers flying over the UK.
  • The two continued to play at the club to jam-packed audiences.

  • Panamanian authorities arrested American Kurt Muse who had set up an installation to jam Panamanian radio and broadcast phony election returns.
  • The MG 42 also functioned well in other climates; dust and dirt in North Africa and Italy was less likely to jam the MG 42 than the more temperamental MG 34.
  • They decided to jam together; a friend heard them and remarked: "This is too much for the average white man," which became adapted as the name of the band.
  • These systems were designed using spread spectrum because of its security and resistance to jamming.
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