"RDS" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} RDS
  1. (medicine) Initialism of respiratory distress syndrome. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: respiratory distress syndrome
    Sense id: en-RDS-en-noun-NQV6zo3L Categories (other): Medicine, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 1 12 43 9 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 35 2 18 36 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 37 2 16 39 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 1 13 42 3 Topics: medicine, sciences
  2. Initialism of radio data system. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: radio data system
    Sense id: en-RDS-en-noun-cgCM7SXz
  3. (chemistry) Initialism of rate-determining step. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: rate-determining step
    Sense id: en-RDS-en-noun-P52V591h Categories (other): Chemistry, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 1 12 43 9 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 35 2 18 36 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 37 2 16 39 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 1 13 42 3 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  4. Initialism of relational database service. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: relational database service
    Sense id: en-RDS-en-noun-OryKyntY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 1 12 43 9 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 35 2 18 36 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 37 2 16 39 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 1 13 42 3
  5. (statistics) Initialism of respondent-driven sampling. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: respondent-driven sampling
    Sense id: en-RDS-en-noun-51K8vKtL Categories (other): Statistics Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics
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