"DDA" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: DDAs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} DDA (plural DDAs)
  1. Initialism of difficult development area. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: difficult development area
    Sense id: en-DDA-en-noun-uG0oxcY2
  2. (mathematics) Initialism of digital differential analyzer. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: digital differential analyzer
    Sense id: en-DDA-en-noun-jgSsO3~t Categories (other): Mathematics, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 81 Topics: mathematics, sciences

Inflected forms

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