OAO

American  

1. U.S. Aerospace. Orbiting Astronomical Observatory: one of a series of scientific satellites that studied astronomical phenomena at ultraviolet and x-ray wavelengths.

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Example Sentences

Pumpyansky is the owner and chair of steel pipe manufacturer OAO TMK, a supplier to the Russian state-owned energy company Gazprom.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2022

A subsidiary of a group controlled by OAO Novatek, Russia’s second-largest natural gas producer Novatek was put earlier this week on Poland’s list of sanctions against 50 Russian and Belarusian businesses.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 29, 2022

The sanctions also target OAO, one of the country’s largest state-owned enterprises and one of the world’s largest producers of potash.

From Washington Times • Aug. 9, 2021

That company, major engineering and construction firm OMZ OAO, declined to comment.

From Reuters • Dec. 1, 2017

Two more moods, namely AOO and OAO, are excluded by the rule that neither of the premisses can be a particular negative.

From Deductive Logic by Stock, St. George William Joseph