national science foundation

1. 1.

   an independent agency of the federal government responsible for the promotion of progress in science and engineering by supporting programs in research and education

   SynonymsNSF

   Broaderindependent agency

Questions about national science foundation

What does national science foundation mean?

national science foundation means "an independent agency of the federal government responsible for the promotion of progress in science and engineering by supporting programs in research and education".

What is another word for national science foundation?

Close synonyms include NSF. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is national science foundation a common word?

national science foundation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.