"OKB" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: OKBs [plural]
Etymology: From Russian ОКБ (OKB). Initialism of Russian опытное конструкторское бюро (opytnoje konstruktorskoje bjuro) and Russian опытно-конструкторское бюро (opytno-konstruktorskoje bjuro, “expert design bureau”). (development bureau). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ru|ОКБ}} Russian ОКБ (OKB), {{der|en|ru|опытное конструкторское бюро}} Russian опытное конструкторское бюро (opytnoje konstruktorskoje bjuro), {{der|en|ru|опытно-конструкторское бюро|gloss=expert design bureau}} Russian опытно-конструкторское бюро (opytno-konstruktorskoje bjuro, “expert design bureau”), {{initialism of|en|Russian <i class="Cyrl mention" lang="ru">опытное конструкторское бюро</i> (opytnoje konstruktorskoje bjuro) and Russian <i class="Cyrl mention" lang="ru">опытно-конструкторское бюро</i> (opytno-konstruktorskoje bjuro, “expert design bureau”)}} Initialism of Russian опытное конструкторское бюро (opytnoje konstruktorskoje bjuro) and Russian опытно-конструкторское бюро (opytno-konstruktorskoje bjuro, “expert design bureau”)., {{gloss|development bureau}} (development bureau) Head templates: {{en-noun}} OKB (plural OKBs)
  1. (Cold War) A special design bureau of the Soviet Union, that performed experimental research and development. Wikipedia link: en:OKB
    Sense id: en-OKB-en-noun-8aU-yBA1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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