department of defense laboratory system
noun
Simple meaning
A defense laboratory that provides essential services in fundamental science for national security and environmental protection and provides technologies that contribute to….
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
dɪˈpɑɹtməntəvdɪfɛnslæbɹətɔɹisɪstəm
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Definition
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noun
A defense laboratory that provides essential services in fundamental science for national security and environmental protection and provides technologies that contribute to industrial competitiveness
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
This meaning: A defense laboratory that provides essential services in fundamental science for national security and environmental protection and provides technologies that contribute to industrial competitiveness
Used this way, department of defense laboratory system is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in science contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Serious and weighty
- Usage feel
- Formal and precise
Where it naturally appears
- Science
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