detachment

  • 41detachment — 1. A part of a unit separated from its main organization for duty elsewhere. 2. A temporary military or naval unit formed from other units or parts of units. Also called DET …

    Military dictionary

  • 42detachment — noun Date: 1669 1. the action or process of detaching ; separation 2. a. the dispatch of a body of troops or part of a fleet from the main body for a special mission or service b. the part so dispatched c. a p …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 43detachment — /di tach meuhnt/, n. 1. the act of detaching. 2. the condition of being detached. 3. aloofness, as from worldly affairs or from the concerns of others. 4. freedom from prejudice or partiality. 5. the act of sending out a detached force of troops… …

    Universalium

  • 44detachment — noun a) The action of detaching; separation. b) The state of being detached or disconnected; insulation …

    Wiktionary

  • 45detachment — 1. A voluntary or involuntary feeling or emotion that accompanies a sense of separation from normal associations or environment. 2. Separation of a structure from its support …

    Medical dictionary

  • 46detachment — Separation of components that comprise a security usually units comprised of warrants and bonds or warrants and equity. Units may be broken up at the request of the security holder or based on market convention. Euroclear Clearing and Settlement… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 47detachment — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. separation, isolation, disjunction; preoccupation, aloofness, abstraction; part; detail. See inattention, combatant. Ant., interest, concern, attachment. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Indifference] Syn.… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 48detachment — de tach·ment || mÉ™nt n. separation; disinterest, aloofness; lack of bias; division of soldiers who have been sent on a mission …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 49detachment — noun 1》 the state of being objective or aloof. 2》 Military a group of troops, ships, etc. sent away on a separate mission. 3》 the action or process of detaching …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 50detachment — Separation of components that comprise a security – usually units comprised of warrants and bonds or warrants and equity. Units may be broken up at the request of the security holder or based on market convention …

    Euroclear glossary