"DCA" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{head|en|noun}} DCA
  1. (law) Initialism of district court of appeal or appeals, in various jurisdictions. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: district court of appeal or appeals, in various jurisdictions
    Sense id: en-DCA-en-noun-xXupPpcz Categories (other): Law, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 29 24 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 18 28 26 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 29 26 29 Topics: law
  2. (organic chemistry) Initialism of dichloroacetic acid. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: dichloroacetic acid
    Sense id: en-DCA-en-noun-jUpQC5j0 Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, Carboxylic acids, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Chlorine Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 29 24 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 18 28 26 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 29 26 29 Disambiguation of Chlorine: 4 80 8 8 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
  3. (finance) Initialism of dollar cost averaging. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: dollar cost averaging
    Sense id: en-DCA-en-noun-cSaHjE~4 Categories (other): Finance, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 29 24 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 18 28 26 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 29 26 29 Topics: business, finance
  4. (aviation, military) Initialism of dual-capable aircraft. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: dual-capable aircraft
    Sense id: en-DCA-en-noun-lhuRcQAP Categories (other): Aviation, Military, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 29 24 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 18 28 26 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 29 26 29 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, war
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