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- 1 Initialism of American Dental Association. US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 2 A female given name from the Germanic languages.
"Is thy face like thy mother's, my fair child! / Ada! Sole daughter of my house and heart?"
- 3 Initialism of Americans for Democratic Action. US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 4 An object-oriented programming language extended from Pascal and other languages.
"If anything, Ada is actually fairly easy to learn. The syntax is so explicit, that it is much more difficult to misunderstand what the code is doing than in C/C++."
- 5 Initialism of Americans with Disabilities Act. US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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- 6 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Alabama.
- 7 Initialism of American Diabetes Association. US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 8 A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Ottawa County, Kansas.
- 9 Initialism of Air Defense Artillery. US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 10 A number of places in the United States:; A township and unincorporated community therein, in Kent County, Michigan.
- 11 Initialism of Association of Drainage Authorities. UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 12 A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Norman County, Minnesota.
- 13 Initialism of Antideficiency Act. US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
"This information supplements (and should be read with) general guidance issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for administering an agency shutdown of operations due to a lapse in appropriations, consistent with the Antideficiency Act (ADA) (31 U.S.C. 1341-1342) and the pay, leave, and other relevant statutory authorities that apply to lapse-affected employees. […] “Excepted employees” may perform activities legally permitted as an exception to the ADA’s prohibitions on performing work during a lapse in appropriations, but may not be paid for that work until after the lapse is over."
- 14 A number of places in the United States:; A township in Dickey County, North Dakota.
- 15 A number of places in the United States:; A village in Hardin County, Ohio.
- 16 A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Pontotoc County, Oklahoma.
- 17 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon.
- 18 A number of places in the United States:; A township in Perkins County, South Dakota.
- 19 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Mercer County, West Virginia.
- 20 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in the town of Herman, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.
- 21 A locality in the Shire of Baw Baw, south eastern Victoria, Australia.
- 1 Initialism of adenosine deaminase, the enzyme that specifically affects RNA. See ADAR. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 2 an enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia wordnet
- 3 Initialism of assistant district attorney. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 4 Acronym of anti-doping agency. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
- 5 Abbreviation of azodicarbonamide. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
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- 6 Initialism of autodestructive art. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Etymology
Short form of Germanic names beginning with adal (“noble”), such as Adelaide. Also Latinized form of Hebrew Adah. The programming language takes its name from Ada Lovelace.
See also for "ada"
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