MDA

See also: mda

Translingual

Symbol

MDA

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for Moldova since 1992.

   Synonym: MD (alpha-2)

English

Proper noun

MDA

1. (military, US) Initialism of Missile Defense Agency.

Noun

MDA (countable and uncountable, plural MDAs)

1. (electronics, mobile) Initialism of mobile data assistant.
2. (software, design) Initialism of message-driven architecture.
3. (software, design) Initialism of model-driven architecture.
4. (uncountable, computing) Initialism of monochrome display adapter.
5. (countable, software, e-mail) Initialism of mail delivery agent.
6. (aviation) Initialism of minimum descent altitude.
7. (uncountable, organic chemistry) Initialism of malondialdehyde.
   • 2015 July 14, “Wedelolactone Regulates Lipid Metabolism and Improves Hepatic Steatosis Partly by AMPK Activation and Up-Regulation of Expression of PPARα/LPL and LDLR”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Furthermore, wedelolactone also increased the activities of superoxidase dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) and decreased the level of the lipid peroxidation product malondialdehyde (MDA) in the liver, therefore decreasing the activity of alanine aminotransferase (ALT).

8. (uncountable, pharmacology) Initialism of methylenedioxyamphetamine, especially 3,4-methylene​dioxy​amphetamine.
9. (physics, chemistry) Initialism of medium-density amorphous ice (“a form of H₂O water ice, with a density like that of liquid water”).

   Coordinate terms: LDA, HDA, HGW, ice I, ice Ih, ice Ic, ice II, ice III, ice IV, ice V, ice VI, ice VII, ice VIII, ice IX, ice X, ice XI, ice XII, ice XIII, ice XIV, ice XV, ice XVI, ice XVII, ice XVIII, ice XIX

Anagrams

• dam', dam, DMA, Mad, MAD, Adm, Adm., adm., DAM, mad, AMD, ADM