detachment

de·tach·ment

 (dĭ-tăch′mənt)

n.

1. The act or process of disconnecting or detaching; separation.

2. The state of being separate or detached.

3. Indifference to or remoteness from the concerns of others; aloofness: preserved a chilly detachment in his relations with the family.

4. Absence of prejudice or bias; disinterest: strove to maintain her professional detachment in the case.

5.

a. The dispatch of a military unit, such as troops or ships, from a larger body for a special duty or mission.

b. The unit so dispatched.

c. A permanent unit, usually smaller than a platoon, organized for special duties.

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detachment

(dɪˈtætʃmənt)

n

1. indifference to other people or to one's surroundings; aloofness

2. (Psychology) freedom from self-interest or bias; disinterest

3. the act of disengaging or separating something

4. the condition of being disengaged or separated; disconnection

5. (Military) military

a. the separation of a small unit from its main body, esp of ships or troops

b. the unit so detached

6. (Law) Canadian a branch office of a police force

7. (Logic) logic the rule whereby the consequent of a true conditional statement, given the truth of its antecedent, may be asserted on its own. See also modus ponens

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de•tach•ment

(dɪˈtætʃ mənt)

n.

1. the act of detaching or the condition of being detached.

2. aloofness; disinterest.

3. freedom from prejudice or partiality.

4. a body of troops or ships detached for a special mission.

5. Canadian. the smallest administrative unit in a police force.

[1660–70; < French détachement. See detach, -ment]

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detachment

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.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

Detachment

 a body of troops; part of a fleet. See also detail.

Examples: detachment of actors, 1739; of cavalry, 1781; of ships; of troops, 1678; of witnesses, 1681.

Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	detachment - avoiding emotional involvement withdrawal indifference - unbiased impartial unconcern
	2.	detachment - the act of releasing from an attachment or connection disengagement separation - the act of dividing or disconnecting
	3.	detachment - the state of being isolated or detached; "the insulation of England was preserved by the English Channel" insularism, insularity, insulation isolation - a state of separation between persons or groups
	4.	detachment - a small unit of troops of special composition army unit - a military unit that is part of an army bodyguard - a group of men who escort and protect some important person patrol - a detachment used for security or reconnaissance picket - a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack press gang - a detachment empowered to force civilians to serve in the army or navy provost guard - a detachment under the command of a provost marshall rearguard - a detachment assigned to protect the rear of a (retreating) military body flanker - a soldier who is a member of a detachment assigned to guard the flanks of a military formation
	5.	detachment - coming apart breakup, separation alteration, change, modification - an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another; "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago" falling out, severance, rupture, rift, breach, break - a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations" break - the occurrence of breaking; "the break in the dam threatened the valley"

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detachment

noun

1. indifference, fairness, neutrality, objectivity, impartiality, coolness, remoteness, nonchalance, aloofness, unconcern, disinterestedness, nonpartisanship her professional detachment

2. (Military) unit, party, force, body, detail, squad, patrol, task force a detachment of marines

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

detachment

noun

1. The act or process of detaching:

disconnection, disengagement, separation, uncoupling.

2. The act or an instance of separating one thing from another:

disjunction, disjuncture, disseverance, disseverment, disunion, division, divorce, divorcement, parting, partition, separation, severance, split.

3. Dissociation from one's surroundings or worldly affairs:

aloofness, distance, remoteness.

4. The quality or state of being just and unbiased:

disinterest, disinterestedness, dispassion, dispassionateness, equitableness, fair-mindedness, fairness, impartiality, impartialness, justice, justness, nonpartisanship, objectiveness, objectivity.

5. A group of people organized for a particular purpose:

body, corps, crew, force, gang, team, unit.

6. A unit of troops on special assignment:

detail.

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Translations

عَدَم تَحَيُّزفَصلمَفْرَزَه من الجُنود

nestrannostnezaujatostodděleníoddílodloučení

afdelingafrivningfrigørelseuengageretheduengagering

AbsonderungSonderkommandoTrennungUnvoreingenommenheit

απόσπασμα

destacamentoimparcialidadindiferenciaobjetividad

détachementséparationdistanciationéquipegroupe

függetlenségleválasztás

aîskilnaîur, losunhlutleysi, hleypidómaleysiliîssveit

distaccamentodistaccocompartimento

atskillelseløsrivinguengasjert holdningupartiskhet

отряд

oddeľovanievyčlenená jednotka

ayırmamüfrezetarafsızlıkyansızlık

不偏不倚分开分遣队拆卸

detachment

[dɪˈtætʃmənt] N

1. (= separation) → separación f, desprendimiento m

2. (= impartiality) → objetividad f, imparcialidad f; (= indifference) → indiferencia f
an air of detachment → un aire de indiferencia

3. (Mil) → destacamento m

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detachment

[dɪˈtætʃmənt] n

[person] → détachement m, indifférence f

(MILITARY) (= group of soldiers) → détachement m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

detachment

n

(= act of separating, of part of machine) → Abnehmen nt; (of section of form, document) → Abtrennen nt; (of rope, cart) → Loslösen nt

(= lack of emotion) → Distanz f; (= objectivity) → Abstand m

(Mil) → Sonderkommando nt, → Abordnung f

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detachment

[dɪˈtætʃmənt] n

a. (aloofness) → distacco

b. (Mil) → distaccamento

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detach

(diˈtӕtʃ) verb

to unfasten or remove (from). I detached the bottom part of the form and sent it back. losmaak, afskeur يَفْصِل отделям destacar oddělit, odpojit abnehmen løsne; frigøre; rive af αποσυνδέω, αποσπώseparar, quitar eemaldama باز کردن؛ جدا کردن irrottaa détacher לְנָתֵק पृथक करना odvojiti, otcijepiti elválaszt melepaskan losa sundur, skilja (frá), losa staccare 分離する 분리하다 atskirti, atsegti, atkabinti atdalīt; atšķirt pisah losmaken rive/klippe av, løsne, skille fra odłączać جلا كول، را بېلول destacar a detaşa, a desprinde отделять; отрывать oddeliť ločiti, odtrgati odvojiti lösgöra, ta loss, avskilja ถอดออก ayırmak 分開，拆下 відділяти(ся), відокремлювати الگ کرنا tháo gỡ 分开，拆卸

deˈtachable adjective

able to be detached. skeibare, los مُمْكِن فَصْلُهـا отделям destacável oddělitelný abnehmbar aftagelig αποσπώμενος, κινητόςseparable eemaldatav جدا شدنی؛ باز کردنی irrotettava détachable תָּלִיש वियोज्य odvojiv levehető bisa dilepaskan laus, sem hægt er að losa frá staccabile 分離できる 분리할 수 있는 atskiriamas, nuimamas atdalāms; atšķirams ditinggalkan afneembaarløs, avtakbar, til å ta av do odłączania, zdejmowany رابلیلول destacável de­­ta­­şabil отделяемый; отрывной oddeliteľný ločljiv odvojiv löstagbar, avtagbar, lös ซึ่งถอดออกได้ ayrılabilir 可拆下的 знімний; відривний جو الگ کیا جا سکے có thể tách rời ra được 可分开的，可拆开的

deˈtached adjective

1. standing etc apart or by itself. a detached house. alleenstaande مَفْصول، غَيْر مُتَّصِل отделен isolado oddělený, stojící o samotě alleinstehend fritstående ανεξάρτητος, χωριστόςindependiente eraldi seisev مجزا؛ غیرمتصل erillis- détachéנפרד अलग हुआ odijeljen, nasamu különálló terpisah aðskilinn; stakur isolato 分離独立した 독립된 atskiras savrupmāja terpisah vrijstaand atskilt, frittståendeoddzielny بيل، جلا isolado separat стоящий особняком samostatný, oddelený ločen izdvojena kuća fristående, fritt liggande ซึ่งแยกออก müstakil ev 獨立的 окремий, відокремлений الگ تھلگ đứng riêng ra 独立的

2. not personally involved or showing no emotion or prejudice. a detached attitude to the problem. objektiewe, onbevooroordeelde غَيْر مُتَحَيِّز безпристрастен distante nestranný, nezaujatý losgelöst uengageret αποστασιοποιημένος objetivo, imparcial erapooletu بی علاقه؛ بی طرف eläytymätön détachéמנותק उदासीन, तटस्थ rezerviran, nepristran tárgyilagos memisahkan diri ósnortinn, áhugalaus distaccato 超然とした 객관적인 bešališkas neatkarīgs; objektīvs tabah afstandelijk uengasjert, uhildet, upartiskbezstronny بی طرفه distante detaşat беспристрастный nezaujatý nepristranski nepristrasan oengagerad, likgiltig, opartisk ไม่เกี่ยวข้อง;ไม่ลำเอียง yansız, tarafsız 公正的 безсторонній, неупереджений بے لاگ vô tư 公正的

deˈtachment noun

1. the state of not being influenced by emotion or prejudice. afgetrokkenheid, objektiwiteit عَدَم تَحَيُّز безпристрастие indiferença nestrannost, nezaujatost die Unvoreingenommenheit uengagerethed αποτασιοποίηση objetividad, imparcialidad erapooletus بی اعتنایی eläytymättömyys détachementאובייקטיביות तटस्थता nepristranost (lelki) függetlenség tak terpengaruh hlutleysi, hleypidómaleysi distacco, imparzialità 超然としていること 공정 bešališkumas neatkarība; objektivitāte perpisahan afstandelijkheidupartiskhet, uengasjert holdning bezstronność بی اتبار indiferência detaşare беспристрастность nestrannosť nepristranskost nepristrasnost likgiltighet, opartiskhet ความไม่ลำเอียง yansızlık, tarafsızlık 公正超然 відчуженість بے تعلقی ، غیر جانبداری tính độc lập 不偏不倚

2. the act of detaching. losmaking, skeiding فَصل отделяне separação oddělení, odloučení die Absonderung frigørelse; afrivning; uengagering αποσύνδεση, απόσπαση separación eemaldamine جداشدگی؛ بازشدگی irrotus séparationניתוק पृथक्करण odvajanje leválasztás pemisahan aðskilnaður, losun separazione 分離 분리 atskyrimas atdalīšana berpisah het losmaken atskillelse, løsning, løsriving oddzielanie جلا شوى separação separare разъединение; отделение oddeľovanie ločitev odvajanje lösgörande, avskiljande การวางเฉย;การแยกออก ayırma 分開，拆下 відділ(ення) علاحدہ ہونے کا عمل sự tháo gỡ 分开，拆卸

3. a group (especially of soldiers). A detachment was sent to guard the supplies. afdeling مَفْرَزَه من الجُنود част destacamento vyčleněná jednotka, oddíl das Sonderkommando afdeling στρατιωτικό απόσπασμα destacamento väesalk گروه اعزامی؛ گروهان osasto détachement פְּלַגָה सेना की टुकड़ी odred különítmény detasemen liðssveit distaccamento 分遣隊 파견대 dalinys, būrys vienība; nodaļa askar detachementavdelingoddział گروه اعزامی؛ گروهان destacamento detaşament отряд vyčlenená jednotka oddelek odred detachement, avdelad trupp การส่งกองทหารหรือเรือไปเป็นพิเศษ müfreze 分遣隊 загін, команда فوجی دستہ biệt đội 分遣队

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de·tach·ment

n. desprendimiento, separación;

___ of the retina → ___ de la retina.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

detachment

n desprendimiento; (psych) distanciamiento; retinal — desprendimiento de retina

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