strategic arms limitation talks
noun · n
Simple meaning
Negotiations between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics opened in 1969 in Helsinki designed to limit both countries' stock of nuclear weapons.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
stɹəˈtidʒɪˈkɑɹmzlɪmɪˈteɪʃənˈtɔks
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Definition
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noun
Negotiations between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics opened in 1969 in Helsinki designed to limit both countries' stock of nuclear weapons
n
Two rounds of bilateral conferences and corresponding international treaties involving the United States and the Soviet Union.
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This meaning: Negotiations between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics opened in 1969 in Helsinki designed to limit both countries' stock of nuclear weapons
Used this way, strategic arms limitation talks is a specialist word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in technical or specialist writing contexts.
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- Clinical and technical
- Usage feel
- Technical and specialized
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- Technical/specialist writing
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