单词 | atomic energy commission |
释义 | Atomic Energy Commissionnouna former federal agency (1946–75) created to regulate the development of the U.S. atomic energy program: functions transferred to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Abbreviation: AEC Words nearby Atomic Energy Commissionatomic bomb, atomic clock, atomic cocktail, atomic energy, Atomic Energy Authority, Atomic Energy Commission, atomic force microscope, atomic heat, atomic hydrogen, atomicity, atomic mass Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for Atomic Energy CommissionAtomic Energy Commission noun(in the US) a federal board established in 1946 to administer and develop domestic atomic energy programmesAbbreviation: AEC Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for Atomic Energy CommissionAtomic Energy Commission An agency of the United States government from 1946 to 1974 that was charged with controlling and developing the use of atomic energy for civilian and military purposes. In 1974, the AEC was abolished, and its duties were divided between two new agencies: the Energy Research and Development Administration (now a part of the Department of Energy) and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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