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AEC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does AEC mean?
• AEC (noun)
The noun AEC has 1 sense:
1. a former executive agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States
Familiarity information: AEC used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A former executive agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("AEC" is a kind of...):
executive agency (an agency of the executive branch of government)
Holonyms ("AEC" is a part of...):
executive branch; Executive Office of the President (the branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws)
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