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standoff |
Noun
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the act of repulsing or repelling an attack |
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standoff |
Noun
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the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided |
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strategic intelligence |
Noun
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intelligence that is required for forming policy and military plans at national and international levels |
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signals intelligence |
Noun
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intelligence information gathered from communications intelligence or electronics intelligence or telemetry intelligence |
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SIGINT |
Noun
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intelligence information gathered from communications intelligence or electronics intelligence or telemetry intelligence |
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search mission |
Noun
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a mission to discover something |
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search and destroy mission |
Noun
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an operation developed for United States troops in Vietnam |
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stocktaking |
Noun
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making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand |
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stocktaking |
Noun
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reappraisal of a situation or position or outlook |
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stock-taking |
Noun
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making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand |
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stock-taking |
Noun
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reappraisal of a situation or position or outlook |
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shading |
Noun
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a gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades |
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shading |
Noun
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graded markings that indicate light or shaded areas in a drawing or painting |
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stocktake |
Noun
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an instance of stocktaking |
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stock-take |
Noun
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an instance of stocktaking |
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stock-take |
Verb
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make or include in an itemized record or report |
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scheduled fire |
Noun
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prearranged fire delivered at a predetermined time |
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searching fire |
Noun
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fire distributed in depth by successive changes in the elevation of the gun |
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supporting fire |
Noun
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fire delivered by supporting units to protect or assist a unit in combat |
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suppressive fire |
Noun
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fire on or about a weapon system to degrade its performance below what is needed to fulfill its mission objectives |
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sound ranging |
Noun
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locating a source of sound (as an enemy gun) by measurements of the time the sound arrives at microphones in known positions |
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spirometry |
Noun
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the use of a spirometer to measure vital capacity |
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surveying |
Noun
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the practice of measuring angles and distances on the ground so that they can be accurately plotted on a map |
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scalage |
Noun
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the act of scaling in weight or quantity or dimension |
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scalage |
Noun
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estimation of the amount of lumber in a log |
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sound reproduction |
Noun
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the reproduction of sound |
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sub-test |
Noun
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one of a battery of related tests |
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systematization |
Noun
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systematic organization |
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systematisation |
Noun
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systematic organization |
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survival |
Noun
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something that survives |
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survival |
Noun
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a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment |
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survival |
Noun
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a state of surviving |
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standardization |
Noun
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the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument |
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standardization |
Noun
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the imposition of standards or regulations |
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standardization |
Noun
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the condition in which a standard has been successfully established |
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shell collecting |
Noun
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the collection and study of mollusc shells |
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standardisation |
Noun
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the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument |
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standardisation |
Noun
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the imposition of standards or regulations |
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standardisation |
Noun
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the condition in which a standard has been successfully established |
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stamp collecting |
Noun
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the collection and study of postage stamps |
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stamp collection |
Noun
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the collection and study of postage stamps |
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stamp collection |
Noun
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a collection of stamps |
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standing operating procedure |
Noun
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a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely |
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standard operating procedure |
Noun
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a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely |
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SOP |
Noun
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a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely |
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sorting |
Noun
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grouping by class or kind or size |
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sorting |
Noun
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the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories |
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sorting |
Noun
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an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion |
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synchronising |
Noun
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an adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in unison |
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standard procedure |
Noun
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a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely |