Measurement And Signature Intelligence
- (MASINT) Information derived from technical sensors for the purpose of identifying distinctive features associated with the source, emitter, or sender to facilitate subsequent identification and/or measurement of the same. *Scientific and technical intelligence information obtained by quantitative and qualitative analysis of data (metric, angle, spatial, wavelength, time dependence, modulation, plasma, and hydromagnetic) derived from specific technical sensors for the purpose of identifying any distinctive features associated with the source emitter, or sender, and to facilitate subsequent identification and/or measurement of the same. (IC Staff, Glossary of Intelligence Terms and Definitions, 6/89)