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NUWC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does NUWC mean?
• NUWC (noun)
The noun NUWC has 1 sense:
1. the agency that provides scientific and engineering and technical support for submarine and undersea warfare systems
Familiarity information: NUWC used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The agency that provides scientific and engineering and technical support for submarine and undersea warfare systems
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
Naval Underwater Warfare Center; NUWC
Hypernyms ("NUWC" is a kind of...):
agency; authority; bureau; federal agency; government agency; office (an administrative unit of government)
Holonyms ("NUWC" is a part of...):
Navy; United States Navy; US Navy; USN (the navy of the United States of America; the agency that maintains and trains and equips combat-ready naval forces)
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