"MCA" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Head templates: {{en-proper-noun}} MCA
  1. (politics) Initialism of Malaysian Chinese Association. (political party for Malaysian Chinese) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Malaysian Chinese Association (extra: political party for Malaysian Chinese) Categories (topical): Politics, Malaysian politics, Organizations
    Sense id: en-MCA-en-name-Ohb0qIy6 Disambiguation of Malaysian politics: 78 10 4 1 3 3 Disambiguation of Organizations: 30 6 7 18 29 9 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 7 11 27 19 14 Topics: government, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun [English]

Forms: MCAs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} MCA (countable and uncountable, plural MCAs)
  1. (astronomy) Initialism of Mars-crossing asteroid. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: Mars-crossing asteroid Categories (topical): Astronomy, Mars (planet)
    Sense id: en-MCA-en-noun-0BUqJPWX Disambiguation of Mars (planet): 18 29 9 15 15 15 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
  2. (aviation) Initialism of minimum crossing altitude. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: minimum crossing altitude Categories (topical): Aviation
    Sense id: en-MCA-en-noun-cujQ8Oan Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 7 11 27 19 14 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  3. A master in computer science and application. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Organizations
    Sense id: en-MCA-en-noun-ToeF0DHE Disambiguation of Organizations: 30 6 7 18 29 9 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 7 11 27 19 14
  4. (anatomy) Initialism of middle cerebral artery. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: middle cerebral artery Categories (topical): Anatomy, Organizations
    Sense id: en-MCA-en-noun-cpIdR5b1 Disambiguation of Organizations: 30 6 7 18 29 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 7 10 20 32 14 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 7 11 27 19 14 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} MCA (uncountable)
  1. (computing) Microchannel Architecture, a computer bus standard (expansion bus) for connecting of internal components. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: Microchannel Architecture, Microchannel Related terms: AT Attachment, local bus, S100, NuBus Coordinate_terms: AGP, PCI, PCIe, VLB Coordinate_terms (ISA): AT bus, PC bus, EISA
    Sense id: en-MCA-en-noun-JWjZWr8k Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 7 11 27 19 14 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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