Look up: Detachment


  1. Detachment
    [military] A detachment (from the French détachement) is a military unit. It can either be detached from a larger unit for a specific function or (particularly in United States Military usage) be a permanent unit smaller than a battalion. The term is often used to refer to a unit that is as...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detachment_(military)

  2. Detachment
    [philosophy] Detachment, also expressed as non-attachment, is a state in which a person overcomes his or her attachment to desire for things, people or concepts of the world and thus attains a heightened perspective. ==Importance of the term== Detachment as release from desire and consequent...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detachment_(philosophy)

  3. detachment
    [n] - a small unit of troops of special composition 2. [n] - the act of releasing from an attachment or connection
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=detachment

  4. detachment
    The reverse of an attachment. See also electron attachment.
    Found op http://www.chem.qmul.ac.uk/iupac/gtpoc/D.html

  5. Detachment
    when both blades break contact
    Found op http://www.britishfencing.com/British_Fencing.html?PageID=118

  6. Detachment
    when both blades break contact
    Found op http://www.hpfc.org.uk/glossary.htm

  7. Detachment
    De·tach'ment noun [ Confer French détachement .] 1. The act of detaching or separating, or the state of being detached. 2. That which is detached; especially, a body of troops or part of a fleet sent from the main body on special...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/49

  8. detachment
    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. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?detachment

  9. detachment
    noun the act of releasing from an attachment or connection
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=detachment



  1. detachment
    noun a small unit of troops of special composition
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=detachment

  2. detachment
    (de-tach´mәnt) the condition of being separated or disconnected. detachment of retina , retinal detachment separation of the inner layers of the retina from the pigment epithelium, which remains attached to the choroid. This occurs most often as a result of degenera...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  3. Detachment
    • (n.) The act of detaching or separating, or the state of being detached. • (n.) That which is detached; especially, a body of troops or part of a fleet sent from the main body on special service. • (n.) Abstraction from worldly objects; renunciation.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/detachment/

  4. Detachment
    One of three distinct processes involved in erosion. This process involves the disengagement of a particle from its surroundings.
    Found op http://www.physicalgeography.net/physgeoglos/d.html

  5. detachment
    1. avoiding emotional involvement
    2. the act of releasing from an attachment or connection
    3. the state of being insulated
    4. a small unit of troops of special composition
    5. coming apart

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  6. detachment
    Type: Term Pronunciation: dē-tach′ment Definitions: 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.
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=24110

  7. Detachment
    [film] Detachment is a 2011 American drama about the high school education system starring Adrien Brody with an ensemble supporting cast. ==Plot== Detachment is a chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of a substitu...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detachment_(film)

  8. Detachment
    [religion] ==Summary== Depiction: February 26, 2012 |Author = Original work: Josef Václav Myslbek ==Licensing== ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detachment_(religion)

  9. detachment
    1) Indifference 2) Troop group 3) Withdrawal
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/detachment/1

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