noun
an intelligence agency in the United States Department of Defense that designs and builds and operates space reconnaissance systems to detect trouble spots worldwide and to monitor arms control agreements and environmental issues and to help plan military operations
• Syn: ↑National Reconnaissance Office
• Hypernyms: ↑United States intelligence agency
• Member Holonyms: ↑Intelligence Community, ↑National Intelligence Community, ↑United States Intelligence Community, ↑IC
• Part Holonyms: ↑Department of Defense, ↑Defense Department, ↑United States Department of Defense, ↑Defense, ↑DoD
Useful english dictionary. 2012.