"CAI" meaning in English

See CAI in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{head|en|proper noun}} CAI
  1. Conodont Alteration Index, an estimate of the maximum temperature reached by a sedimentary rock.
    Sense id: en-CAI-en-name-ELhFjgjN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Aluminium, Calcium Disambiguation of Aluminium: 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Calcium: 0 0 0 0 0 0

Noun

Forms: CAIs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} CAI (countable and uncountable, plural CAIs)
  1. (inorganic chemistry, mineralogy) Initialism of calcium-aluminium-rich inclusion, a type of mineral. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: calcium-aluminium-rich inclusion (extra: a type of mineral)
    Sense id: en-CAI-en-noun-7aSzpzeh Categories (other): Inorganic compounds, Minerals Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, inorganic-chemistry, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  2. (pharmacology) Initialism of carbonic anhydrase inhibitor. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: carbonic anhydrase inhibitor
    Sense id: en-CAI-en-noun-nyLNBq~G Categories (other): Pharmacology Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
  3. (medicine) Initialism of chronic ankle instability. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: chronic ankle instability
    Sense id: en-CAI-en-noun-Sg2v~1yR Categories (other): Medicine Topics: medicine, sciences
  4. (automotive) Initialism of cold air intake. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: cold air intake
    Sense id: en-CAI-en-noun-NdkkyPjn Categories (other): Automotive, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 11 28 4 36 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 10 9 26 3 38 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 10 28 2 40 12 Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles
  5. Initialism of computer assisted instruction. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: computer assisted instruction
    Sense id: en-CAI-en-noun-C4y4GM4L
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Aluminium, Calcium Disambiguation of Aluminium: 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Calcium: 0 0 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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