Library / English Dictionary |
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight
Synonyms:
NASA; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration" is a kind of...):
independent agency (an agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments)