"RAS" meaning in English

See RAS in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|~|?}} RAS (countable and uncountable)
  1. Initialism of retinoic acid syndrome Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: retinoic acid syndrome
    Sense id: en-RAS-en-noun-55PQW3IK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 23 1 8 6 5 26 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 23 24 2 6 7 6 26 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 25 1 6 6 5 27 5
  2. (linguistics) Initialism of redundant acronym syndrome. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: redundant acronym syndrome
    Sense id: en-RAS-en-noun-I5ic9cdf Categories (other): Linguistics, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 23 1 8 6 5 26 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 23 24 2 6 7 6 26 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 25 1 6 6 5 27 5 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  3. (military, nautical) Initialism of replenishment at sea. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: replenishment at sea Derived forms (replenishment at sea): rassing
    Sense id: en-RAS-en-noun-~oUvkR1u Categories (other): Military, Nautical Topics: government, military, nautical, politics, transport, war Disambiguation of 'replenishment at sea': 1 0 98 0 0 0 1 0
  4. (firearms) Abbreviation of rail accessory system. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: rail accessory system
    Sense id: en-RAS-en-noun-5ZtGEtU3 Categories (other): Firearms Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
  5. (neurology) Initialism of reticular activating system. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: reticular activating system
    Sense id: en-RAS-en-noun-znM9~eag Categories (other): Neurology Topics: medicine, neurology, neuroscience, sciences
  6. (law enforcement) Initialism of reasonable articulable suspicion. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: reasonable articulable suspicion
    Sense id: en-RAS-en-noun-iI2xky~K Categories (other): Law enforcement Topics: government, law-enforcement
  7. (medicine) Initialism of renin-angiotensin system. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: renin-angiotensin system
    Sense id: en-RAS-en-noun-FlPxmIBI Categories (other): Medicine, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 23 1 8 6 5 26 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 23 24 2 6 7 6 26 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 25 1 6 6 5 27 5 Topics: medicine, sciences
  8. (computing) Initialism of remote access service. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: remote access service
    Sense id: en-RAS-en-noun-d1DpbC3S Categories (other): Computing Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: RIS [firearms, weaponry, military, tools, engineering, physical-sciences, natural-sciences, war, government, politics], rail interface system [firearms, weaponry, military, tools, engineering, physical-sciences, natural-sciences, war, government, politics], rail integration system [firearms, weaponry, military, tools, engineering, physical-sciences, natural-sciences, war, government, politics]
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~",
        "2": "?"
      },
      "expansion": "RAS (countable and uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "retinoic acid syndrome"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "24 23 1 8 6 5 26 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 24 2 6 7 6 26 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 25 1 6 6 5 27 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of retinoic acid syndrome"
      ],
      "id": "en-RAS-en-noun-55PQW3IK",
      "links": [
        [
          "retinoic acid syndrome",
          "retinoic acid syndrome#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "redundant acronym syndrome"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Linguistics",
          "orig": "en:Linguistics",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 23 1 8 6 5 26 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 24 2 6 7 6 26 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 25 1 6 6 5 27 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of redundant acronym syndrome."
      ],
      "id": "en-RAS-en-noun-I5ic9cdf",
      "links": [
        [
          "linguistics",
          "linguistics"
        ],
        [
          "redundant acronym syndrome",
          "redundant acronym syndrome#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(linguistics) Initialism of redundant acronym syndrome."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "replenishment at sea"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Military",
          "orig": "en:Military",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Nautical",
          "orig": "en:Nautical",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 0 98 0 0 0 1 0",
          "sense": "replenishment at sea",
          "word": "rassing"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of replenishment at sea."
      ],
      "id": "en-RAS-en-noun-~oUvkR1u",
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "replenishment",
          "replenishment#English"
        ],
        [
          "at",
          "at#English"
        ],
        [
          "sea",
          "sea#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(military, nautical) Initialism of replenishment at sea."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "nautical",
        "politics",
        "transport",
        "war"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "rail accessory system"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Firearms",
          "orig": "en:Firearms",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Abbreviation of rail accessory system."
      ],
      "id": "en-RAS-en-noun-5ZtGEtU3",
      "links": [
        [
          "firearm",
          "firearm"
        ],
        [
          "rail accessory system",
          "rail accessory system#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(firearms) Abbreviation of rail accessory system."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "engineering",
        "firearms",
        "government",
        "military",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "politics",
        "tools",
        "war",
        "weaponry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "reticular activating system"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Neurology",
          "orig": "en:Neurology",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of reticular activating system."
      ],
      "id": "en-RAS-en-noun-znM9~eag",
      "links": [
        [
          "neurology",
          "neurology"
        ],
        [
          "reticular activating system",
          "reticular activating system#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(neurology) Initialism of reticular activating system."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "neurology",
        "neuroscience",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "reasonable articulable suspicion"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Law enforcement",
          "orig": "en:Law enforcement",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of reasonable articulable suspicion."
      ],
      "id": "en-RAS-en-noun-iI2xky~K",
      "links": [
        [
          "law enforcement",
          "law enforcement"
        ],
        [
          "reasonable articulable suspicion",
          "reasonable articulable suspicion#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law enforcement) Initialism of reasonable articulable suspicion."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "law-enforcement"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "renin-angiotensin system"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Medicine",
          "orig": "en:Medicine",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 23 1 8 6 5 26 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 24 2 6 7 6 26 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 25 1 6 6 5 27 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of renin-angiotensin system."
      ],
      "id": "en-RAS-en-noun-FlPxmIBI",
      "links": [
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "renin-angiotensin system",
          "renin-angiotensin system#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(medicine) Initialism of renin-angiotensin system."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "remote access service"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Computing",
          "orig": "en:Computing",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of remote access service."
      ],
      "id": "en-RAS-en-noun-d1DpbC3S",
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "remote",
          "remote#English"
        ],
        [
          "access",
          "access#English"
        ],
        [
          "service",
          "service#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) Initialism of remote access service."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 6 6 6 7 22 14",
      "topics": [
        "firearms",
        "weaponry",
        "military",
        "tools",
        "engineering",
        "physical-sciences",
        "natural-sciences",
        "war",
        "government",
        "politics"
      ],
      "word": "RIS"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 6 6 6 7 22 14",
      "topics": [
        "firearms",
        "weaponry",
        "military",
        "tools",
        "engineering",
        "physical-sciences",
        "natural-sciences",
        "war",
        "government",
        "politics"
      ],
      "word": "rail interface system"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 6 6 6 7 22 14",
      "topics": [
        "firearms",
        "weaponry",
        "military",
        "tools",
        "engineering",
        "physical-sciences",
        "natural-sciences",
        "war",
        "government",
        "politics"
      ],
      "word": "rail integration system"
    }
  ],
  "word": "RAS"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with unknown or uncertain plurals",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "sense": "replenishment at sea",
      "word": "rassing"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~",
        "2": "?"
      },
      "expansion": "RAS (countable and uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "retinoic acid syndrome"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English initialisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of retinoic acid syndrome"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "retinoic acid syndrome",
          "retinoic acid syndrome#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "redundant acronym syndrome"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English initialisms",
        "en:Linguistics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of redundant acronym syndrome."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "linguistics",
          "linguistics"
        ],
        [
          "redundant acronym syndrome",
          "redundant acronym syndrome#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(linguistics) Initialism of redundant acronym syndrome."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "replenishment at sea"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English initialisms",
        "en:Military",
        "en:Nautical"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of replenishment at sea."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "replenishment",
          "replenishment#English"
        ],
        [
          "at",
          "at#English"
        ],
        [
          "sea",
          "sea#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(military, nautical) Initialism of replenishment at sea."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "nautical",
        "politics",
        "transport",
        "war"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "rail accessory system"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English abbreviations",
        "en:Firearms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Abbreviation of rail accessory system."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "firearm",
          "firearm"
        ],
        [
          "rail accessory system",
          "rail accessory system#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(firearms) Abbreviation of rail accessory system."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "engineering",
        "firearms",
        "government",
        "military",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "politics",
        "tools",
        "war",
        "weaponry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "reticular activating system"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English initialisms",
        "en:Neurology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of reticular activating system."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "neurology",
          "neurology"
        ],
        [
          "reticular activating system",
          "reticular activating system#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(neurology) Initialism of reticular activating system."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "neurology",
        "neuroscience",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "reasonable articulable suspicion"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English initialisms",
        "en:Law enforcement"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of reasonable articulable suspicion."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "law enforcement",
          "law enforcement"
        ],
        [
          "reasonable articulable suspicion",
          "reasonable articulable suspicion#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law enforcement) Initialism of reasonable articulable suspicion."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "law-enforcement"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "renin-angiotensin system"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English initialisms",
        "en:Medicine"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of renin-angiotensin system."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "renin-angiotensin system",
          "renin-angiotensin system#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(medicine) Initialism of renin-angiotensin system."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "remote access service"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English initialisms",
        "en:Computing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of remote access service."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "remote",
          "remote#English"
        ],
        [
          "access",
          "access#English"
        ],
        [
          "service",
          "service#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) Initialism of remote access service."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "topics": [
        "firearms",
        "weaponry",
        "military",
        "tools",
        "engineering",
        "physical-sciences",
        "natural-sciences",
        "war",
        "government",
        "politics"
      ],
      "word": "RIS"
    },
    {
      "topics": [
        "firearms",
        "weaponry",
        "military",
        "tools",
        "engineering",
        "physical-sciences",
        "natural-sciences",
        "war",
        "government",
        "politics"
      ],
      "word": "rail interface system"
    },
    {
      "topics": [
        "firearms",
        "weaponry",
        "military",
        "tools",
        "engineering",
        "physical-sciences",
        "natural-sciences",
        "war",
        "government",
        "politics"
      ],
      "word": "rail integration system"
    }
  ],
  "word": "RAS"
}

Download raw JSONL data for RAS meaning in English (4.8kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-08-04 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-08-02 using wiktextract (a681f8a and 3c020d2). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.