ARMY CORPS

  

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ARMY CORPS

Definition: ARMY CORPS

ARMY CORPS

1. A body containing two or more divisions of a large army, organized as a complete army in itself.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Specialty Definition: ARMY CORPS

DomainDefinition

Military

A formation larger than a division but smaller than an army or army group. It usually consists of two or more divisions together with supporting arms and services. Also called corps. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: ARMY CORPS

Specialty definitions using "ARMY CORPS": army groupCERLFlood Plain Information StudiesMarshall methodSection 404U.S. Army Corps of Engineers method, USACOE. (references)

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Commercial Usage: ARMY CORPS

DomainTitle

Books

  • The Passing of the Armies: An Account of the Final Campaign of the Army of the Potomac, Based upon Personal Reminiscences of the Fifth Army Corps (reference)

  • Roller-Compacted Concrete (Technical Engineering and Design Guides As Adapted from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, No 5) (reference)

  • Instrumentation of Embankment Dams and Levees (Technical Engineering and Design Guides As Adapted from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, No. 26) (reference)

  • Channel Stability Assessment for Flood Control Projects (Technical Engineering and Design Guides As Adapted from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, No. (reference)

  • Hydraulic Design of Flood Control Channels (Technical Engineering and Design Guides As Adapted from the Us Army Corps of Engineers, No 10) (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Image Slideshow: ARMY CORPS

Illustrations:
ARMY CORPS

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Photo Album: ARMY CORPS

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Army Corps of Engineer employee, Russ Davidson, at the Bonneville Dam, Oregon. The Corps of Engineers uses NRCS snow survey data to manage the water in their dams. Credit: Ron Nichols.

[Division Field Hospital. 17th. Army Corps. 3d Army]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Oveta Culp Hobby, first director of the Women's Army Corps, during the opening inspection of barracks at Fort Des Moines, Ia., July 19, 1942. Credit: Library of Congress.

Aquia Creek Landing, Va. Embarkation of 9th Army Corps for Fort Monroe. Credit: Library of Congress.

Washington, D.C. Maj. Gen. Horatio G. Wright, staff and units of 9th Army Corps passing on Pennsylvania Avenue near the Treasury. Credit: Library of Congress.

Brandy Station, Va. Four provost marshals of the 3d Army Corps. Credit: Library of Congress.

Russells Brigade, 1st div. 6th Army Corps, crossing in Pontoons to storm the enemies rifle pits on the Rappahannock. Credit: Library of Congress.

  

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Historic Usage: ARMY CORPS

AuthorDateQuotation

Treaty of Versailles

1919

The divisions must not be grouped under more than two army corps headquarters staffs. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: ARMY CORPS

SubjectTopicQuote

Economic History

Saudi Arabia

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has had a long-term role in military and civilian construction activities in the Kingdom. (references)

Slovakia

The Slovak Armed Forces have a total of approximately 39,000 personnel, including two Army Corps and one Air and Air Defense Corps. (references)

Switzerland

The armed forces are organized into four army corps and an air force and are equipped with modern, sophisticated, and well-maintained equipment. (references)

Political Economy

Saudi Arabia

For many years, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had a long-term role in military and civilian construction activities in the Kingdom. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: ARMY CORPS

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Jimmy Carter

1977-1981Army Corps of Engineers has also undertaken studies to assess the feasibility of expanding the Bonneville Locks.

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Expression: ARMY CORPS

Expression using "ARMY CORPS": U.S. Army Corps of Engineers method. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: ARMY CORPS

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Modern Translation: ARMY CORPS

Language Translations for "ARMY CORPS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏فيلق (corps, legion). (various references)

   

Danish

  

armékorps (corps). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

legercorps (corps). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

armeijakunta. (various references)

   

French

  

corps d'armée. (various references)

   

German

  

Armeekorps (A.C., corps), AK (A.C., antibody, ID code, identifier, identity, labour unit, man-year). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σώμα στρατού (cohort). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

szárazföldi haderõ hadtestje, hadtest (corps, legion). (various references)

   

Italian

  

corpo dell'armata (corps), Corpo d'Armata (A.C.), C.A. (A.C., w.g., water column, water gage, water gauge). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

軍団 , 兵団 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ぐ" " (war story), へい ". (various references)

   

Manx

  

core armee. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

armyay orpscay

   

Portuguese

  

corpo do escército (corps). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

vojnički korpus. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

cuerpo del Ejército (corps), cuerpo de ejército. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

armekår, armékåren (corps). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

kolordu (corps). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: ARMY CORPS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-m-o-p-r-r-s-y"

-2 letters: carroms.

-3 letters: armors, armory, campos, caroms, carrom, copras, cramps, cymars, macros, mayors, morays, payors, rosary, scarry, sparry.

-4 letters: armor, campo, camps, campy, capos, carom, carps, carrs, carry, comas, comps, copra, corms, corps, cramp, crams, craps, crops, cymar, cymas, macro, marcs, marry, mayor, mayos, moras, moray, orcas, parrs, parry, payor, prams, praos, prays, proas.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-m-o-p-r-r-s-y"
 

+2 letters: cryptograms.

 

+3 letters: cryptomerias.

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Alternative Orthography: ARMY CORPS


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 52 4D 59      43 4F 52 50 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01010010 01001101 01011001 00100000 01000011 01001111 01010010 01010000 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#82 &#77 &#89 &#32 &#67 &#79 &#82 &#80 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0052 004D 0059      0043 004F 0052 0050 0053

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3552475923749525053

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Historic
7. Quotations: Non-fiction
8. Quotations: Speeches
9. Expressions
10. Expressions: Internet
11. Translations: Modern
12. Anagrams
13. Orthography
14. Bibliography


  

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