group
grouping | any number of entities (members) considered as a unit |
mechanism
mechanics | the technical aspects of doing something, a mechanism of social control, mechanisms of communication, the mechanics of prose style |
| group practice | (medicine) the practice of medicine by a group of physicians who share their premises and other resources |
group therapy
group psychotherapy | psychotherapy in which a small group of individuals meet with a therapist, interactions among the members are considered to be therapeutic |
| escape mechanism | a form of behavior that evades unpleasant realities |
| group action | action taken by a group of people |
| group participation | participation by all members of a group |
Adapid
Adapid group | extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on leaves and fruit, abundant in North America and Europetomillion years ago, their descendents probably include the lemurs, some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousins |
Omomyid
Omomyid group | extinct tiny nocturnal lower primates that fed on fruit and insects, abundant in North America and Europetomillion years ago, probably gave rise to the tarsiers, some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousins |
action
action mechanism | the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism, the piano had a very stiff action |
| gear gear mechanism | a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle) |
gunlock
firing mechanism | the action that ignites the charge in a firearm |
| mechanism | device consisting of a piece of machinery, has moving parts that perform some function |
| rotating mechanism | a mechanism that rotates |
steering system
steering mechanism | a mechanism by which something is steered (especially a motor vehicle) |
blood group
blood type | human blood cells (usually just the red blood cells) that have the same antigens |
A
type A
group A | the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen |
B
type B
group B | the blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen |
AB
type AB
group AB | the blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens |
O
type O
group O | the blood group whose red cells carry neither the A nor B antigens, people with type O blood are universal donors |
linkage group
linked genes | any pair of genes that tend to be transmitted together, the genes of Drosophila fall into four linkage groups |
ABO blood group system
ABO system
ABO group | a classification system for the antigens of human blood, used in blood transfusion therapy, four groups are A and B and AB and O |
| mechanism | (philosophy) the philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes |
group
mathematical group | a set that is closed, associative, has an identity element and every element has an inverse |
| group theory | the branch of mathematics dealing with groups |
Abelian group
commutative group | a group that satisfies the commutative law |
| group dynamics | the branch of social psychology that studies the psychodynamics of interaction in social groups |
liaison
link
contact
inter-group communication | a channel for communication between groups, he provided a liaison with the guerrillas |
conference
group discussion | a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic |
| biological group | a group of plants or animals |
age group
age bracket
cohort | a group of people having approximately the same age |
| social group | people sharing some social relation |
ethnic group
ethnos | people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture |
interest
interest group | (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims, the iron interests stepped up production |
kin
kin group
kinship group
kindred
clan
tribe | group of people related by blood or marriage |
taxonomic group
taxonomic category
taxon | animal or plant group having natural relations |
| animal group | a group of animals |
al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya
Islamic Group | a terrorist organization of militant Islamists organized into tiny cells of extreme fundamentalists, emerged during the s mainly in Egyptian jails, al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya uses force to push Egyptian society toward Islamic rule |
Armed Islamic Group
GIA | a terrorist organization of Islamic extremists whose violent activities began in , aims to overthrow the secular Algerian regime and replace it with an Islamic state, the GIA has embarked on a terrorist campaign of civilian massacres |
Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia
ASALA
Orly Group
rd October Organization | a militant Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization formed in to force Turkey to acknowledge killing more than a million Armenians and forcibly removing them from border areas in , wants Turkey to pay reparations and cede territory to Armenia, ASALA bombing at Orly Airport in Paris in killed and wounded people |
First of October Antifascist Resistance Group
GRAPO | an armed wing of the (illegal) Communist Party of Spain, seeks to overthrow the Spanish government and replace it with a Marxist-Leninist regime, GRAPO is vehemently opposed to the United States |
Islamic Group of Uzbekistan
IMU
Islamic Party of Turkestan | a terrorist group of Islamic militants formed in , opposes Uzbekistan's secular regime and wants to establish an Islamic state in central Asia, is a conduit for drugs from Afghanistan to central Asian countries |
Jemaah Islamiyah
JI
Islamic Group Islamic Community
Malaysian Mujahidin Group
Malaysia Militant Group | a clandestine group of southeast Asian terrorists organized in and trained by al-Qaeda, supports militant Muslims in Indonesia and the Philippines and has cells in Singapore and Malaysia and Indonesia |
Kaplan Group
Association of Islamic Groups and Communities
Caliphate State | a Turkish terrorist group of fundamentalist Muslims with ties to al-Qaeda that operates in Germany, seeks the violent overthrow of the Turkish government and the establishment of an Islamic nation modeled on Iran |
Libyan Islamic Fighting Group
FIG
Al-Jama'a al-Islamiyyah al-Muqatilah bi-Libya
Libyan Fighting Group
Libyan Islamic Group | a Libyan terrorist group organized in and aligned with al-Qaeda, seeks to radicalize the Libyan government, attempted to assassinate Qaddafi |
Orange Group
OV | a terrorist group of Protestants who oppose any political settlement with Irish nationalists, a paramilitary group that attacks Catholic interests in Northern Ireland |
Salafist Group
Salafast Group for Call and Combat
GSPC | an Algerian extremist Islamic offshoot of the Armed Islamic Group, now the largest and most active armed terrorist group in Algeria that seeks to overthrow the government, a major source of support and recruitment for al-Qaeda operations in Europe and northern Africa |
United Self-Defense Force of Colombia
United Self-Defense Group of Colombia
Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia
AUC | a terrorist organization in Colombia formed in as an umbrella for local and regional paramilitary groups, is financed by earnings from narcotics and serves to protect the economic interests of its members, the AUC conducted over assassinations in one year |
military unit
military force
military group
force | a unit that is part of some military service, he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men |
| battle group | an army unit usually consisting of five companies |