RPA

English

Etymology 1

Abbreviation

Noun

RPA (countable and uncountable, plural RPAs)

1. Initialism of remotely piloted aircraft.
2. Initialism of robotic process automation.
3. (physics) Initialism of random phase approximation.
   • 2016 April 26, Jie Ma, Lin-Wang Wang, “Using Wannier functions to improve solid band gap predictions in density functional theory”, in Scientific Reports, volume 6, →DOI, article 24924, page 1:

     An even higher-level method is the GW and the related random-phase approximation (RPA)^8,9, but the high computational cost of RPA makes it only applicable to small systems¹⁰.

Hypernyms

remotely piloted aircraft

• UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle)

 

Coordinate terms

remotely piloted aircraft

• cruise missile
• drone
• model airplane
• RC (remote control)
• UCAV (unmanned combat aerial vehicle)

 

Related terms

remotely piloted aircraft

• OPA (optionally piloted aircraft)
• ROV (remotely operated vehicle)

 

Etymology 2

French RPA

Noun

RPA (plural RPAs)

1. (Quebec) Privately-operated retirement home

Further reading

• RPA on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• APR, ARP, Apr, Apr., Arp, PAR, PRA, Par, RAP, Rap, apr, arp, par, rap

French

Noun

RPA f (plural RPAs)

1. RPA (“private/commercial old-folks residence”); Initialism of résidence privée pour aînés.

Descendants

• English: RPA

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛr.pɛˈa/

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• Rhymes: -ɛa
• Syllabification: R‧P‧A

Noun

RPA f

1. Abbreviation of Republika Południowej Afryki.

Further reading

• RPA in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• RPA in Polish dictionaries at PWN