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NONPROLIFERATION CENTER
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An agency that serves as the focal point for all Intelligence Community activities related to nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their missile delivery systems
Synonyms:
Nonproliferation Center; NPC
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Nonproliferation Center" is a kind of...):
agency; authority; bureau; federal agency; government agency; office (an administrative unit of government)
Holonyms ("Nonproliferation Center" is a part of...):
Central Intelligence Agency; CIA (an independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest; headed by the Director of Central Intelligence under the supervision of the President and National Security Council)