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NAVAL UNDERWATER WARFARE CENTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Naval Underwater Warfare Center mean? 

NAVAL UNDERWATER WARFARE CENTER (noun)
  The noun NAVAL UNDERWATER WARFARE CENTER has 1 sense:

1. the agency that provides scientific and engineering and technical support for submarine and undersea warfare systemsplay

  Familiarity information: NAVAL UNDERWATER WARFARE CENTER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NAVAL UNDERWATER WARFARE CENTER (noun)


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 ("Naval Underwater Warfare Center" is a kind of...):

agency; authority; bureau; federal agency; government agency; office (an administrative unit of government)

Holonyms ("Naval Underwater Warfare Center" 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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