ECD
Encyclopedia
The acronym ECD can refer to:
- Early Childhood Development
- East Caribbean dollarEast Caribbean dollarThe East Caribbean dollar is the currency of eight of the nine members of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States...
, an alternative but incorrect abbreviation for XCD - Eastern Continental DivideEastern Continental DivideThe Eastern Continental Divide, in conjunction with other continental divides of North America, demarcates two watersheds of the Atlantic Ocean: the Gulf of Mexico watershed and the Atlantic Seaboard watershed. Prior to 1760, the divide represented the boundary between British and French colonial...
, a drainage divide that demarcates the watersheds of the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Seaboard - ECD (gene)ECD (gene)Protein SGT1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ECD gene.-Further reading:...
, a gene also known as GCR2 or HSGT1 and involved in the regulation of glycolysis, among other functions - E. C. Drury School for the DeafE. C. Drury School for the DeafThe Ernest C. Drury School for the Deaf is a provincial school in Milton, Ontario with residential and day programs serving elementary and secondary deaf and hard-of-hearing students. It shares a campus with the E.C...
, an elementary/secondary school in Canada - Economic Crime Department, the Fraud SquadFraud SquadA Fraud Squad is a police department which investigates fraud and other economic crimes. The largest Fraud Squad in the United Kingdom is run by the City of London Police who are responsible for policing London's and the UK's main financial hub....
of the City of London Police - Efficiency of conversion of digested foodEfficiency of conversionThe efficiency of conversion of ingested food to unit of body substance is an index measure of food fuel efficiency in animals. The ECI is a rough scale of how much of the food ingested is converted into growth in the animal's mass...
, a unit of measurement of the level of digested food that converts to biomass - Electron capture detectorElectron capture detectorAn electron capture detector is a device for detecting atoms and molecules in a gas through the attachment of electrons via electron capture ionization. The device was invented in 1957 by Dr. James E...
, a chromatography scientific device - Electron-capture dissociation, a spectrometric method
- Electronic civil disobedienceElectronic civil disobedienceElectronic civil disobedience, also known as ECD or cyber civil disobedience, can refer to any type of civil disobedience in which the participants use information technology to carry out their actions. Electronic civil disobedience often involves the computers and/or the Internet and may also be...
, a type of civil disobedience - Energy Citations DatabaseEnergy Citations DatabaseThe Energy Citations Database was created in 2001 in order to make scientific literature citations, and electronic documents, publicly accessible from U.S. Department of Energy , and its predecessor agencies, at no cost to the user. This database also contains all the unclassified materials...
, maintained by the U.S. Department of Energy - English country danceEnglish Country DanceEnglish Country Dance is a form of folk dance. It is a social dance form, which has earliest documented instances in the late 16th century. Queen Elizabeth I of England is noted to have been entertained by "Country Dancing," although the relationship of the dances she saw to the surviving dances of...
, a form of folk dance - Energy Conversion Devices, a company founded by Stanford Ovshinsky
- Enhanced CDEnhanced CDEnhanced CD, also known as CD Extra and CD Plus, is a certification mark of the Recording Industry Association of America for various technologies that combine audio and computer data for use in both Compact Disc and CD-ROM players....
, a type of Compact Disc - Erdheim–Chester disease, a rare illness also known as polyostotic sclerosing histiocytosis
- Executive Creative DirectorCreative DirectorA creative director is a position often found within the graphic design, film, music, fashion, advertising, media or entertainment industries, but may be useful in other creative organizations such as web development and software development firms as well....
, a position often found within the graphic design, film, music, fashion, advertising, media or entertainment industries, but may be useful in other creative organizations such as web development and software development firms as well. - Expanded Criteria DonorExpanded Criteria DonorExpanded Criteria Donor is normally associated with deceased or living kidney donors. They are also referred to as donors with "medical complexities"...
, a term for organ donors who are below a set of standard criteria - Estimated completion date