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  2. List of metonyms - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of common metonyms. [n 1] A metonym is a figure of speech used in rhetoric in which a thing or concept is not called by its own name, but by the name of something intimately associated with that thing or concept.

  3. Federally funded research and development centers - Wikipedia

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    Federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs) are public-private partnerships that conduct research and development for the United States Government.Under Federal Acquisition Regulation § 35.017, FFRDCs are operated by universities and corporations to fulfill certain long-term needs of the government that "...cannot be met as effectively by existing in-house or contractor resources."

  4. List of United States federal research and development agencies

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    Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) Army Research Laboratory (ARL) Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC) Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC) Army Medical Research and Material Command (USAMRMC)

  5. NIMBY - Wikipedia

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    Unfinished tower in Tenleytown, Washington, D.C. that was later removed as a result of complaints from the neighborhood. NIMBY (/ ˈ n ɪ m b i /, or nimby), [1] an acronym for the phrase "not in my back yard", [2] [3] is a characterization of opposition by residents to proposed real estate development and infrastructure developments in their local area, as well as support for strict land use ...

  6. Research and development - Wikipedia

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    Cycle of research and development Spending on research and development as share of GDP (2015). Research and development (R&D or R+D), [1] known in some countries as experiment and design, is the set of innovative activities undertaken by corporations or governments in developing new services or products.

  7. Research development - Wikipedia

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    Research development (RD) is a set of strategic, proactive, catalytic, and capacity-building activities designed to facilitate individual faculty members, teams of researchers, and central research administrations in attracting extramural research funding, creating relationships, and developing and implementing strategies that increase institutional competitiveness.

  8. Facility management - Wikipedia

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    Facility management is supported with education, training, and professional qualifications often coordinated by FM institutes, universities, and associations. Degree programs exist at both undergraduate and post-graduate levels. Facility Management [13] has been a recognised academic discipline since the 1990s. Initial FM research work in ...

  9. Abstraction - Wikipedia

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    Its opposite, specification, is the analysis or breaking-down of a general idea or abstraction into concrete facts. Abstraction can be illustrated by Francis Bacon 's Novum Organum (1620), a book of modern scientific philosophy written in the late Jacobean era [ 5 ] of England to encourage modern thinkers to collect specific facts before making ...