Dataset · MLC-0115 · [FULL TEXT]

Defense and military terminology

Name: Defense and military terminology
Creator: MLchart
License: https://mlchart.com/terms/

1Description

Defense and military terminology. 1,781 terms with definitions, abbreviations, synonyms and references. Every term is published as its own page, A to Z.

2Schema

Table 1. Fields
Field	Type	Description	Example
id	string	Stable MLchart term identifier	MLC-T-DEF-000380
term	string	Headword as published	coordinated fire line
field	string	Field of the dataset	Defense and military
definition	string	Definition text; several definitions are numbered	A line beyond which conventional surface-to-surface direct fire and...
abbreviation	string	Abbreviation or acronym	CFL
synonyms	array	Equivalent terms	commercial loading
see_also	array	Related terms in the same field	fire support
references	array	Publications cited for the definition	JP 3-09
url	string	Canonical page of the term	https://mlchart.com/terminology/defense/coordinated-fire-line/

3Sample records

Sample record

{
  "id": "MLC-T-DEF-000380",
  "term": "coordinated fire line",
  "field": "Defense and military",
  "definition": "A line beyond which conventional surface-to-surface direct fire and indirect fire support means may fire at any time within the boundaries of the establishing headquarters without additional coordination but does not eliminate the responsibility to coordinate the airspace required to conduct the mission.",
  "abbreviation": "CFL",
  "see_also": [
    "fire support"
  ],
  "references": [
    "JP 3-09"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/defense/coordinated-fire-line/"
}

4Browse

Table 2. Terms by initial
Initial	Terms	From	To
A	141	acceptability	autonomous operation
B	54	backfill	bulk storage
C	242	campaign	cyberspace system operation
D	97	damage criteria	dynamic threat assessment
E	85	earliest arrival date	external support contract
F	86	facility	functional damage assessment
G	33	gender analysis	gun-target line
H	41	hasty breach	hyperspectral imagery
I	93	identification	item manager
J	88	joint	jumpmaster
K	5	key position	knowledge management
L	51	land control operations	low-level transit route
M	110	magnetic mine	mutual support
N	61	named area of interest	numbered fleet
O	64	object-based production	oversized cargo
P	96	paramilitary forces	public information
Q	2	Q-route	quadruple container
R	82	radiation dose	rules of engagement
S	177	safe haven	systems support contract
T	110	table of allowance	turning movement
U	28	unanticipated target	unstuffing
V	12	validate	vulnerability assessment
W	20	walking blood bank	wounded warrior programs
Z	2	zone of action	zone of fire
0-9	1	463L system	463L system

Acronyms and abbreviations: 675 entries with expansions.

5Uses

Domain adaptation and fine-tuning of language models
Term extraction, entity recognition and entity linking
Glossary, thesaurus and ontology construction
Search query expansion and synonym mapping
Evaluation sets for definition and question answering tasks

6Citation

@misc{mlchart_terminology_defense_2026,
  title     = {Defense and military terminology},
  author    = {MLchart},
  publisher = {MLchart},
  year      = {2026},
  version   = {2026.10},
  url       = {https://mlchart.com/terminology/defense/}
}

MLchart. (2026). Defense and military terminology (Version 2026.10) [Data set]. https://mlchart.com/terminology/defense/

7Access

The full Defense and military terminology dataset (MLC-0115), 1,781 records. Delivered as JSONL, CSV or Parquet under a commercial licence.

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