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DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency mean?
• DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY (noun)
The noun DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY has 1 sense:
1. the central research and development organization for the United States Department of Defense; responsible for developing new surveillance technologies since 9/11
Familiarity information: DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The central research and development organization for the United States Department of Defense; responsible for developing new surveillance technologies since 9/11
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
DARPA; Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Hypernyms ("Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency" is a kind of...):
agency; authority; bureau; federal agency; government agency; office (an administrative unit of government)
Holonyms ("Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency" is a part of...):
Defense; Defense Department; Department of Defense; DoD; United States Department of Defense (the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947)
Context examples
The next generation hypersonic space plane just took a big step toward reality as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced Boeing will complete advanced design work for the Experimental Spaceplane, XS-1.
(Hypersonic Space Plane May Soon Be a Reality, VOA)
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