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MANHATTAN PROJECT
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Code name for the secret United States project set up in 1942 to develop atomic bombs for use in World War II
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Instance hypernyms:
labor; project; task; undertaking (any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A former United States executive agency that was responsible for developing atomic bombs during World War II
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Manhattan Project" is a kind of...):
executive agency (an agency of the executive branch of government)
Holonyms ("Manhattan Project" is a part of...):
executive branch; Executive Office of the President (the branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws)
