"RPA" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: RPAs [plural]
Etymology: Abbreviation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} RPA (countable and uncountable, plural RPAs)
  1. Initialism of remotely piloted aircraft. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: remotely piloted aircraft
    Sense id: en-RPA-en-noun-SdPLGbrU
  2. Initialism of robotic process automation. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: robotic process automation
    Sense id: en-RPA-en-noun-yUy5Y7lb
  3. (physics) Initialism of random phase approximation. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: random phase approximation Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-RPA-en-noun-V6hMuGxe Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: UAV (english: unmanned aerial vehicle) Related terms: OPA (english: optionally piloted aircraft), ROV (english: remotely operated vehicle) Coordinate_terms: cruise missile, drone, model airplane, RC (english: remote control), UCAV (english: unmanned combat aerial vehicle)
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: RPAs [plural]
Etymology: French RPA Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|RPA}} French RPA Head templates: {{en-noun}} RPA (plural RPAs)
  1. (Quebec) Privately-operated retirement home Tags: Quebec
    Sense id: en-RPA-en-noun-9Q2SGABo Categories (other): Quebec English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 16 11 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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