executive agency
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1. an agency of the executive branch of government (noun.group)
hyponym | : | aec, atomic energy commission, |
definition | : | a former executive agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States (noun.group) |
hyponym | : | council of economic advisors, |
definition | : | an executive agency responsible for providing economic advice to the President (noun.group) |
hyponym | : | national security council, nsc, |
definition | : | a committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security; supervises the Central Intelligence Agency (noun.group) |
hyponym | : | joint chiefs, joint chiefs of staff, |
definition | : | the executive agency that advises the President on military questions; composed of the chiefs of the United States Army and the United States Navy and the United States Air Force and the commandant of the United States Marine Corps (noun.group) |
instance hyponym | : | manhattan project, |
definition | : | a former United States executive agency that was responsible for developing atomic bombs during World War II (noun.group) |
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