"PLA" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} PLA
  1. (business) Initialism of Port of London Authority. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Port of London Authority Categories (topical): Business
    Sense id: en-PLA-en-name-5xih3UOB Topics: business
  2. (military) Initialism of People's Liberation Army.
    The national armed forces of the People's Republic of China.
    Categories (topical): Military, Organizations
    Sense id: en-PLA-en-name-VbHdV5L1 Disambiguation of Organizations: 0 24 18 18 17 5 3 6 7 1 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 13 4 1 9 12 9 20 22 4 5 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 23 6 3 7 13 6 16 17 4 5 Topics: government, military, politics, war
  3. (military) Initialism of People's Liberation Army.
    Clipping of PLAGF. The national army of the People’s Republic of China.
    Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Alternative form of: PLAGF (extra: The national army of the People’s Republic of China) Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-PLA-en-name-xgb071ex Topics: government, military, politics, war
  4. (military) Initialism of People's Liberation Army. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: People's Liberation Army Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-PLA-en-name-2XqEfpdK Topics: government, military, politics, war
  5. (historical, politics) Initialism of Palestine Liberation Army (“a traditional army of the Palestine Liberation Organization, no longer extant”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism Alternative form of: Palestine Liberation Army (extra: a traditional army of the Palestine Liberation Organization, no longer extant) Categories (topical): Politics
    Sense id: en-PLA-en-name-UP~3PeHn Topics: government, politics
  6. (historical, trading) NYSE stock-ticker symbol for Playboy Enterprises, Inc., now PLBY. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Trading
    Sense id: en-PLA-en-name-MZ3aZsYr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 13 4 1 9 12 9 20 22 4 5 Topics: business, finance, trading
  7. (fandom slang, video games) Initialism of Pokémon Legends: Arceus. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang Alternative form of: Pokémon Legends (extra: Arceus) Categories (topical): Video games, Pokémon
    Sense id: en-PLA-en-name-pIOSybCM Disambiguation of Pokémon: 1 17 5 5 7 16 25 8 9 2 3 Topics: lifestyle, video-games

Noun [English]

Forms: PLAs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} PLA (plural PLAs)
  1. (electronics, countable) Initialism of programmable logic array. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: programmable logic array Categories (topical): Electronics
    Sense id: en-PLA-en-noun-YxPOIcVW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 13 4 1 9 12 9 20 22 4 5 Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  2. (organic chemistry) Initialism of polylactic acid. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: polylactic acid Categories (topical): Organic compounds
    Sense id: en-PLA-en-noun-RBgEyXC- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 13 4 1 9 12 9 20 22 4 5 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
  3. (aviation) Initialism of power lever angle (“angle of the pilot's primary control lever”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: power lever angle (extra: angle of the pilot's primary control lever) Categories (topical): Aviation
    Sense id: en-PLA-en-noun-zIW~pgn0 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  4. (software engineering) Initialism of principle of least astonishment. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: principle of least astonishment Categories (topical): Software engineering
    Sense id: en-PLA-en-noun-QExboSjV Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: PIC [electronics, electricity, electrical-engineering, electromagnetism, energy, business, physics, physical-sciences, natural-sciences, engineering], FPGA [electronics, electricity, electrical-engineering, electromagnetism, energy, business, physics, physical-sciences, natural-sciences, engineering]

Inflected forms

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