ANG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ANG mean? 

• ANG (noun)
  The noun ANG has 1 sense:

1. a civilian reserve component of the United States Air Force that provides prompt mobilization during war and assistance during national emergencies

  Familiarity information: ANG used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A civilian reserve component of the United States Air Force that provides prompt mobilization during war and assistance during national emergencies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Air National Guard; ANG

Hypernyms ("ANG" is a kind of...):

home reserve; National Guard (United States military reserves recruited by the states and equipped by the federal government; subject to call by either)

Holonyms ("ANG" is a part of...):

Air Force; U. S. Air Force; United States Air Force; US Air Force; USAF (the airforce of the United States of America; the agency that defends the United States through control and exploitation of air and space)

 Context examples 

Ang II is closely involved in cardiac remodeling by stimulating synthesis of extracellular matrix proteins.

(Angiotensin II Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Angiogenin (147 aa, ~17 kDa) is encoded by the human ANG gene.

(Angiogenin, NCI Thesaurus)

Human ANG wild-type allele is located within 14q11.1-q11.2 and is approximately 10 kb in length.

(ANG wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Ang II binding to AT1-R triggers the activation of Ca2+ signaling and PKC.

(Angiotensin II Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)