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noun
A special design bureau of the Soviet Union, that performed experimental research and development.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Cold War
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History
From Russian ОКБ (OKB), initialism of опытное конструкторское бюро (opytnoje konstruktorskoje bjuro) or опытно-конструкторское бюро (opytno-konstruktorskoje bjuro, “expert design bureau”).
