"MCA" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper-noun}} MCA
  1. (Malaysian politics) Initialism of Malaysian Chinese Association, a political party for Malaysian Chinese. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Malaysian Chinese Association (extra: a political party for Malaysian Chinese)
    Sense id: en-MCA-en-name-C0aehh6t Categories (other): Malaysian politics, Malaysian politics, Organizations Disambiguation of Malaysian politics: 87 3 3 1 2 1 1 3 Disambiguation of Organizations: 10 5 5 1 27 8 32 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

Forms: MCAs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} MCA (countable and uncountable, plural MCAs)
  1. (astronomy) Initialism of Mars-crossing asteroid. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: Mars-crossing asteroid
    Sense id: en-MCA-en-noun-0BUqJPWX Categories (other): Astronomy, Mars (planet) Disambiguation of Mars (planet): 5 52 9 1 8 3 8 13 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
  2. (aviation) Initialism of minimum crossing altitude. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: minimum crossing altitude
    Sense id: en-MCA-en-noun-cujQ8Oan Categories (other): Aviation Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  3. A master in computer science and application. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-MCA-en-noun-ToeF0DHE
  4. (anatomy) Initialism of middle cerebral artery. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: middle cerebral artery
    Sense id: en-MCA-en-noun-cpIdR5b1 Categories (other): Anatomy, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Organizations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 8 9 0 31 11 17 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 10 6 1 39 4 18 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 8 6 1 36 11 17 19 Disambiguation of Organizations: 10 5 5 1 27 8 32 11 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  5. Initialism of multiple congenital anomalies Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: multiple congenital anomalies
    Sense id: en-MCA-en-noun-CZBG93lS
  6. (nautical) Initialism of Maritime and Coastguard Agency Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
    Sense id: en-MCA-en-noun-RnOoQj3F Categories (other): Nautical, Organizations Disambiguation of Organizations: 10 5 5 1 27 8 32 11 Topics: nautical, transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} MCA (uncountable)
  1. (computing) Initialism of Micro Channel architecture (“a computer bus standard for connecting internal components”) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: Micro Channel architecture (extra: a computer bus standard for connecting internal components) Related terms: AT Attachment, local bus Coordinate_terms: AGP, AT bus, PC bus, EISA, ISA, PCI, PCIe, VLB
    Sense id: en-MCA-en-noun-UZiWJb2T Categories (other): Computing, Organizations Disambiguation of Organizations: 10 5 5 1 27 8 32 11 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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