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.
The federal bureaucracy consists of the roughly 500 departments, agencies, administrations, authorities, and commissions that carry out responsibilities assigned to them through Congressional legislation. The oldest executive department is the Department of State, created by Congress in 1789.