Encyclopedic Dictionary of Protection Against Mass Destruction Terminology / Apsaugos nuo naikinimo priemonių enciklopedinis žodynas

2002

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The Encyclopedic dictionary comprises and explains the most commonly used terminology related to protection against mass destruction used by the soldiers of NATO and the Lithuanian Army. Protection against mass destruction encompasses the protection of military units as well as soldiers against the destruction of mass or conventional weapons, and against the impact of the consequences of emergency damage. The activities of the military staff are highly intertwined with the civil world as well: the commanders cooperate with the institutions of civil protection, they organize the protection of troops during emergency situations in peacetime. Therefore, the focus of this resource is not only on the terminology of mass destruction and protection measures against it, but also on the terms describing all the possible emergency situations in the country as well as the aspects of some activities of civil protection.
While compiling the dictionary, all the key terms related to the activities of the national military troops in protection against mass destruction were rendered in compliance with the standardized NATO terms. In total, the dictionary comprises more than 1,200 entries where, in each entry, the keyword in Lithuanian is followed by its substitute(s) in English and Russian. Then, a comprehensive explanation of the term follows. At the end of the entry, references to other relevant terms are indicated. In case the term has several meanings, all the meanings are explained in detail. The dictionary also presents abbreviations typical of the national defense system.
At the end of the dictionary, there are two smaller terminology dictionaries of English-Lithuanian and Russian-Lithuanian. They help the language user to find equivalents of the specific terms in English and Russian languages.

While reading military literature or, in communication during military training, students often get exposed to military terms and their synonyms. It is quite common when cases of incorrect usage of terminology occur. This dictionary assists the language users in finding out the definition of the term, engages, and encourages them to use the correct term.

This resource is meant for the national defense officers, lieutenants, sergeants, cadets of the Lithuanian Military Academy as well as everybody who studies or is interested in military studies. This dictionary could also be useful to the staff of civil protection institutions. The users are encouraged to employ the dictionary as a verification tool while analyzing different military-specific texts.