öncü kıta

Turkish - English

Definition of öncü kıta in Turkish English dictionary

vanguard

The leading units at the front of an army or fleet

{n} the front or first line of an army in array

the position of greatest advancement; the leading position in any movement or field

the position of greatest advancement; the leading position in any movement or field the leading units moving at the head of an army

any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)

the leading units moving at the head of an army

The vanguard of an army is the part of it that goes into battle first. a force of mobile reserve units that could strike quickly and effectively at the vanguard of an invading army. Any of three unmanned U.S. experimental satellites. Vanguard I (1958), the second U.S. satellite placed in orbit around Earth (after Explorer 1), was a tiny 3.25-lb (1.47-kg) sphere with two radio transmitters. Its flight path revealed that Earth is almost imperceptibly pear-shaped, confirming earlier theories. Vanguard II (1959) carried light-sensitive photocells to provide information about Earth's cloud cover, but its tumbling motion rendered the data unreadable. Vanguard III (1959) was used to map Earth's magnetic field

The persons at the forefront of any group or movement

If someone is in the vanguard of something such as a revolution or an area of research, they are involved in the most advanced part of it. You can also refer to the people themselves as the vanguard. Such thinking puts Kodak in the vanguard of a movement reshaping the computer industry the role of the Party as the political vanguard

The troops who march in front of an army; the advance guard; the van

{i} troops in the forefront of the battle; leading position in an movement, those who are on the cutting edge of a trend

Related Terms

ön kıta

proto-continent

Hyphenation

ön·cü kı·ta