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  • 1Detachment 88 — logo Active 2003 Present Country …

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  • 2Detachment R — (also known as the U.S. Army Russian Area School) was a special U.S. Army School initially located in a former Wehrmacht garrison in Oberammergau and later moved to Regensburg, Germany, where it remained from 1950 to 1954, when it was moved back… …

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  • 3detachment — [n1] disconnection disengagement, disjoining, dissolution, disunion, division, divorce, divorcement, partition, rupture, separation, severing, split up; concepts 388,747 Ant. attachment, combination, connection, linkage, merger detachment [n2]… …

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  • 4Detachment — De*tach ment, n. [Cf. F. d[ e]tachement.] 1. The act of detaching or separating, or the state of being detached. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is detached; especially, a body of troops or part of a fleet sent from the main body on special service …

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  • 5Detachment —   [dɪ tætʃmənt, englisch] das, s/ s, die Abspaltung eines Elektrons von einem freien negativen Ion durch Strahlungsabsorption (Photodetachment), durch Stöße oder durch chemische Reaktionen des Ions mit anderen Atomen oder Molekülen (assoziatives… …

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  • 6Detachment — (frz. détacher = abgrenzen, entfernen) steht für: die Lösung eines Geschäftsobjekts bei Unternehmensanwendungen, siehe Enterprise JavaBeans eine tektonische Abscherungsfläche in der Geologie, siehe Abscherung (Geologie) Selbstentfremdung,… …

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  • 7detachment — index candor (impartiality), disassociation, disinterest (lack of interest), disinterest (lack of prejudice), di …

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  • 8detachment — 1660s, action of detaching, from Fr. détachement (17c.), from détacher (see DETACH (Cf. detach)). Meaning portion of a military force is from 1670s; that of aloofness from objects or circumstances is from 1798 …

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  • 9detachment — ► NOUN 1) the state of being objective or aloof. 2) a group of troops, ships, etc. sent away on a separate mission. 3) the action or process of detaching …

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  • 10detachment — [dē tach′mənt, ditach′mənt] n. [Fr détachement] 1. a detaching; separation 2. a) the sending of troops or ships on special service b) a unit of troops separated from a larger unit for special duty c) a small permanent unit organized for special… …

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