"DAS" meaning in English

See DAS in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: DASs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} DAS (countable and uncountable, plural DASs)
  1. (organic chemistry) Acronym of diacetoxyscirpenol. Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: diacetoxyscirpenol
    Sense id: en-DAS-en-noun-oONFHD17 Categories (other): Organic compounds Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
  2. (data, electronics) Acronym of data acquisition system. Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: data acquisition system
    Sense id: en-DAS-en-noun-jzibwuGW Categories (other): Electronics, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 49 17 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 28 49 12 5 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 52 11 3 3 Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  3. (military, aviation) Acronym of defensive aids system. Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: defensive aids system
    Sense id: en-DAS-en-noun-1xfZe8yo Categories (other): Aviation, Military Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, war
  4. (medicine) Acronym of disease activity score. Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: disease activity score
    Sense id: en-DAS-en-noun-vTWsF27r Categories (other): Medicine Topics: medicine, sciences
  5. (video games, NES Tetris) Initialism of delayed autoshift. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: delayed autoshift
    Sense id: en-DAS-en-noun-yRLQ7U01 Categories (other): Video games, Tetris Disambiguation of Tetris: 8 11 11 8 61 Topics: video-games

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