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manhattan project
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun manhattan project has 2 senses
- manhattan project(n = noun.group) - a former United States executive agency that was responsible for developing atomic bombs during World War II; is a kind of executive agency
- manhattan project(n = noun.act) - code name for the secret United States project set up in 1942 to develop atomic bombs for use in World War II; is a kind of labor, project, task, undertaking
is a part of executive branch, executive office of the president
CIDE DICTIONARY
manhattan project, prop. n.
A former US agency that was responsible for developing atomic bombs during World War II. [WordNet 1.5]
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