documentation support | documentary validation, his documentation of the results was excellent, the strongest support for this view is the work of Jones |
support reinforcement reenforcement | a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission, they called for artillery support |
close support | close-in firing by one unit against an enemy engaged by another unit |
direct support | a mission requiring one force to support another specific force and authorizing it to answer directly the supported force's request for assistance |
electronic warfare-support measures ESM | electronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition |
support supporting | the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening, he leaned against the wall for support |
support | aiding the cause or policy or interests of, the president no longer has the support of his own party, they developed a scheme of mutual support |
support | the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities, his support kept the family together, they gave him emotional support during difficult times |
logistic support logistic assistance | assistance between and within military commands |
integrated logistic support | the pooling of specific resources by subscribing nations for the support of some joint operation |
mutual aid international logistic support | arrangements made between nations to assist each other |
interdepartmental support interagency support | provision of logistic (or administrative) support by one or more of the military services to one or more departments or agencies of the United States government |
inter-service support | action by one military service to provide logistic (or administrative) support to another military service |
gill arch branchial arch gill bar | one of the bony or cartilaginous arches on each side of the pharynx that support the gills of fishes and aquatic amphibians |
abutment arch | an arch supported by an abutment |
arch | (architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it |
arch archway | a passageway under a curved masonry construction, they built a triumphal arch to memorialize their victory |
arch support | a support for the arch of the foot |
bell arch | a round arch resting on corbels |
broken arch | an arch with a gap at the apex, the gap is usually filled with some decoration |
camber arch | an arch with a straight horizontal extrados and a slightly arched intrados |
corbel arch | (architecture) an arch constructed of masonry courses that are corbelled until they meet |
drop arch | a blunt pointed arch drawn from two centers within the span |
flat arch straight arch | an arch with mutually supporting voussoirs that has a straight horizontal extrados and intrados |
Gothic arch | a pointed arch, usually has a joint (instead of a keystone) at the apex |
lancet arch lancet | an acutely pointed Gothic arch, like a lance |
life-support system life support | medical equipment that assists or replaces important bodily functions and so enables a patient to live who otherwise might not survive, the patient is on life support |
life-support system life support | equipment that makes life possible in otherwise deadly environmental conditions, the astronauts relied on their life-support systems |
Moorish arch horseshoe arch | a round arch that widens before rounding off |
ogee arch keel arch | a pointed arch having an S-shape on both sides |
pier arch | an arch supported on piers |
pointed arch | an arch with a pointed apex, characteristic of Gothic architecture |
proscenium arch | the arch over the opening in the proscenium wall |
rampant arch | an arch whose support is higher on one side than on the other |
Roman arch semicircular arch | a round arch drawn from a single center |
round arch | an arch formed in a continuous curve, characteristic of Roman architecture |
rowlock arch | an arch that is formed with more than one concentric row of voussoirs |
safety arch | an undecorated arch that is included in order to strengthen or support a construction |
scoinson arch sconcheon arch | an arch that supports part of the wall |
segmental arch | a shallow arch, an arch that is less than a semicircle |
shouldered arch | an arch consisting of a horizontal lintel supported at each end by corbels that project into the aperture |
skeen arch skene arch scheme arch diminished arch | an arch whose height is less than half its width |
skew arch | an arch whose jambs are not at right angles with the face |
steel arch bridge | a steel bridge constructed in the form of an arch |
support | any device that bears the weight of another thing, there was no place to attach supports for a shelf |
support | supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation, the statue stood on a marble support |
support column | a column that supports a heavy weight |
support hose support stocking | elasticized stocking intended to reduce pressure on the veins of the leg (as in case of varicose veins) |
threeentered arch basket-handle arch | a round arch whose inner curve is drawn with circles having three centers |
trefoil arch | a pointed arch having cusps in the intrados on either side of the apex |