Definition The resistance capacity of any material, but especially structural members, to crushing force. Compressive strength is usuallyexpressed as the maximum number of pounds per square inch that can be resisted without failure.
executive department-a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States. department of the federal government, federal department, federal office-a department of the federal government of the United States. EXEC, White House-the chief executive department of the United States government.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. An executive agency is a part of a government department that is treated as managerially and budgetarily separate in order to carry out some part of the executive functions of the United Kingdom government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government or Northern Ireland Executive.xecutive agencies are machinery of government devices distinct both from non-ministerial government departments and non-departmental public bodies (or  quangos ), each of which enjoy a real legal and constitutional separation from ministerial control.