Also known as: dev.
DEV has various meanings in the Governmental & Military category. Discover the full forms, definitions, and usage contexts of DEV in Governmental & Military.
The improvement of land in order to make use of it, e.g. by building structures on it or by adapting existing structures. Development can either be for the developer's own use, or else speculative, i.e. for profit. The preparation of a specific mineral deposit for commercial production; this preparation includes construction of access to the deposit and of facilities to extract the minerals.
Governmental & MilitaryApplied to a voyage, is an unjustified and unnecessary departure from normal course or customary route; delay in sailing, tardiness on voyage, arrival at port other than that intended, or any divergence that makes the voyage other than that intended
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