1. the United States Navy's defense laboratory that conducts basic and applied research for the Navy in a variety of scientific and technical disciplines; [syn: Naval Research Laboratory, NRL]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
NRL
n 1: the United States Navy's defense laboratory that conducts
basic and applied research for the Navy in a variety of
scientific and technical disciplines [syn: Naval Research
Laboratory, NRL]