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)