Meanings
plural SDRs
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebusinessInitialism of special drawing right.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemathematicsInitialism of system of distinct representatives.
Synonyms: transversal
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablecommunicationsInitialism of software defined radio.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismretronymuncountablebroadcastingInitialism of standard dynamic range.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableespionageInitialism of surveillance detection route.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablehuman sciencesInitialism of socially desirable responding.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of standard dynamic range
- UKabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablegovernmentInitialism of Strategic Defence Review, a review of the United Kingdom's defence policy.
The SDR made clear that long-term success depends on reconnecting society with the Armed Forces and the purpose of Defence, supported by a national conversation.
2025 December 15, Richard Knighton, “Chief of the Defence Staff speech”, in Gov.uk
- abbreviationinitialismuncommonInitialism of Sara Delano Roosevelt.
One Sunday evening, after a long and discordant weekend, SDR wrote to “Dearest Franklin and dearest Eleanor” about her views regarding “noblesse oblige” and “honneur oblige.”
1993, Blanche Wiesen Cook, Eleanor Roosevelt, volumes 1: The Early Years, 1884–1933, Penguin, →ISBN
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