FA
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Fa or FA may refer to:
Education
- Falmouth AcademyFalmouth AcademyFalmouth AcademyFalmouth Academy is a non-profit, coed, private college-preparatory school for day students in grades 7–12 located in Falmouth, Massachusetts on Cape Cod....
- Foxcroft AcademyFoxcroft AcademyFoxcroft Academy located in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, was established as a private college preparatory school on January 30, 1823. According to its handbook, part of its historic mission as a private school is the education of secondary students from Maine communities who are without a high school...
- Friends AcademyFriends AcademyFriends Academy is a Quaker, coeducational, independent, college preparatory school serving students from nursery school through the twelfth grade, located in Locust Valley, New York, United States. The school was founded in 1876 by 78-year-old Gideon Frost for "The children of Friends and those...
- Fryeburg AcademyFryeburg AcademyFryeburg Academy, founded 1792, is one of the oldest private schools in the United States. It is located in Fryeburg, Maine. One of the first headmasters was Daniel Webster, who taught at the school for a year....
Finance
- Federal Association, Federal Savings Bank
- Financial adviserFinancial adviserA financial adviser, is a professional who renders financial services to individuals, businesses and governments. This can involve investment advice, which may include pension planning, and/or advice on life insurance and other insurances such as income protection insurance, critical illness...
- Financial analystFinancial analystA financial analyst, securities analyst, research analyst, equity analyst, or investment analyst is a person who performs financial analysis for external or internal clients as a core part of the job.-Job:...
Government and law
- Federal agent (disambiguation)
- FeloniousFelonyA felony is a serious crime in the common law countries. The term originates from English common law where felonies were originally crimes which involved the confiscation of a convicted person's land and goods; other crimes were called misdemeanors...
assault - Fixed assets
Medicine and science
- Failure analysisFailure analysisFailure analysis is the process of collecting and analyzing data to determine the cause of a failure. It is an important discipline in many branches of manufacturing industry, such as the electronics industry, where it is a vital tool used in the development of new products and for the improvement...
- Fanconi anemiaFanconi anemiaFanconi anemia is a genetic disease with an incidence of 1 per 350,000 births, with a higher frequency in Ashkenazi Jews and Afrikaners in South Africa.FA is the result of a genetic defect in a cluster of proteins responsible for DNA repair...
- Fatty acidFatty acidIn chemistry, especially biochemistry, a fatty acid is a carboxylic acid with a long unbranched aliphatic tail , which is either saturated or unsaturated. Most naturally occurring fatty acids have a chain of an even number of carbon atoms, from 4 to 28. Fatty acids are usually derived from...
- Femtoampere (fA), an SI unit of electric current equal to 10−15 A
- Fertility awarenessFertility awarenessFertility awareness refers to a set of practices used to determine the fertile and infertile phases of a woman's menstrual cycle. Fertility awareness methods may be used to avoid pregnancy, to achieve pregnancy, or as a way to monitor gynecological health....
, a method of observing and charting a woman's signs of fertility - FibroadenomaFibroadenomaFibroadenomas of the breast, are lumps composed of fibrous and glandular tissue. Because breast cancer can also appear as a lump, doctors may recommend a tissue sample to rule out cancer in older patients...
- First aidFirst aidFirst aid is the provision of initial care for an illness or injury. It is usually performed by non-expert, but trained personnel to a sick or injured person until definitive medical treatment can be accessed. Certain self-limiting illnesses or minor injuries may not require further medical care...
- Fly ashFly ashFly ash is one of the residues generated in combustion, and comprises the fine particles that rise with the flue gases. Ash which does not rise is termed bottom ash. In an industrial context, fly ash usually refers to ash produced during combustion of coal...
, recovered from flue gases in ovens or incineration units - FormamideFormamideFormamide, also known as methanamide, is an amide derived from formic acid. It is a clear liquid which is miscible with water and has an ammonia-like odor. It is used primarily for manufacturing sulfa drugs and synthesizing vitamins and as a softener for paper and fiber...
- Fractional anisotropyFractional anisotropyFractional anisotropy is a scalar value between zero and one that describes the degree of anisotropy of a diffusion process. A value of zero means that diffusion is isotropic, i.e. it is unrestricted in all directions. A value of one means that diffusion occurs only along one axis and is fully...
- Friedreich’s ataxia
- Full adder, a digital circuit
- Fulvic acid, light molecular weight humic substances dissolved in ground water
- Functional assessment
Military
- Field artilleryField artilleryField artillery is a category of mobile artillery used to support armies in the field. These weapons are specialized for mobility, tactical proficiency, long range, short range and extremely long range target engagement....
- Flanking attack
- Fully automatic, in firearm
- Frankford ArsenalFrankford ArsenalThe Frankford Arsenal was a United States Army ammunition plant located adjacent to the Bridesburg neighborhood of Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, north of the original course of Frankford Creek.-History:...
- Frontal Aviation, in the Soviet Air Forces
- General Aviation XFA, an experimental aircraft of the U.S. Army
- Focke-AchgelisFocke-AchgelisFocke-Achgelis & Co. G.m.b.H. was a German helicopter company founded in 1937 by Henrich Focke and Gerd Achgelis.-History:In 1936 Focke had been ousted from the Focke-Wulf company he had cofounded in 1924 by shareholder pressure...
, a defunct German helicopter manufacturer
Arts and media
- Fa is, in Latin-based languages, the name of the fourth note of the musical scale, equivalent to the English or German "F"
- Fine arts
- Fa Yuiry, a fictional character in Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
- Supreme Commander: Forged AllianceSupreme Commander: Forged AllianceSupreme Commander: Forged Alliance is a standalone real-time strategy computer game expansion to Supreme Commander, and was released in November 2007, developed by Gas Powered Games and published by THQ, and the second title in the franchise...
- Half-Life FireArms, a Half-Life modification
- Framing Armageddon, a heavy metal album by Iced Earth
- Fear AgentFear AgentFear Agent is a science fiction comic book series by Rick Remender with art by Tony Moore and Jerome Opena, who alternate on story arcs. The series is published by Dark Horse Comics and previously by Image Comics....
, a comic book series - Fame AcademyFame AcademyFame Academy is a televised competition to search for and educate new musical talents. The winner received a chance to become a successful music artist. The prize consisted of a £1m recording contract with a major record company, plus the use of a luxury apartment in London and a sports car for one...
, television programme - Farm AidFarm AidFarm Aid started as a benefit concert on September 22, 1985, in Champaign, Illinois, held to raise money for family farmers in the United States...
, an annual charity concert - Fantasy AdvertiserFantasy AdvertiserFantasy Advertiser, later abbreviated to FA, was a British fanzine which discussed comic books. It was initially edited by Frank Dobson, essentially as an advertising service for comic collectors, and when Dobson emigrated to Australia in 1970 he handed it on to two contributors, Dez Skinn and Paul...
, a British comics fanzine whose title was later shortened to FA
Sports
- The Football AssociationThe Football AssociationThe Football Association, also known as simply The FA, is the governing body of football in England, and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. It was formed in 1863, and is the oldest national football association...
, the body that regulates football in England - First ascentFirst ascentIn climbing, a first ascent is the first successful, documented attainment of the top of a mountain, or the first to follow a particular climbing route...
, in climbing - Free agentFree agentIn professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....
, an athlete with the ability to sign with any team
Transport and geography
- ALCO FAALCO FAThe ALCO FA was a family of B-B diesel locomotives designed to haul freight trains. The locomotives were built by a partnership of ALCO and GE in Schenectady, New York, between January 1946 and May 1959. They were of a cab unit design, and both cab-equipped lead FA and cabless booster FB models...
, an American locomotive made by ALCO - Fa, AudeFa, AudeFa is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.-Population:...
, a commune of the Aude in France - Area forecastArea forecastAn Aviation Area Forecast is a message product of the National Weather Service in the United States. There are also weather charts forecast like SIGWX. FA encompasses the weather conditions over a large regional area and is considered one of the better sources of information for en-route weather...
, in aviation - Certified mailCertified MailCertified Mail is a type of Special Service mail offered by the United States Postal Service and other postal services that allows the sender proof of mailing, as well as proof of delivery. Certified Mail also provides the sender with a copy of the recipient's signature, which is obtained at the...
, Scott catalog prefix - Final approach (aviation)Final approach (aviation)A final approach is the last leg in an aircraft's approach to landing. In aviation radio terminology, it is often shortened to "final".In a standard airport landing pattern, which is usually used under visual meteorological conditions , aircraft turn from base leg to final within one to two miles...
- Ferrocarriles ArgentinosFerrocarriles ArgentinosFerrocarriles Argentinos was a public company that managed the entire Argentine railway system for nearly 45 years. It was formed in 1948 when all the private railway companies were nationalised during Perón's first presidential term, and transformed into the Empresa de Ferrocarriles del Estado...
, Argentine railways - Flight attendantFlight attendantFlight attendants or cabin crew are members of an aircrew employed by airlines primarily to ensure the safety and comfort of passengers aboard commercial flights, on select business jet aircraft, and on some military aircraft.-History:The role of a flight attendant derives from that of similar...
- French Africa
- SafairSafairSafair is an airline based in Kempton Park, Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, South Africa. Operator of one of the world's largest fleets of civil Lockheed L-100 Hercules cargo aircraft, it also conducts aircraft chartering, leasing and sales, contract operations and leasing services, flightcrew leasing and...
, IATA airline designator
Miscellanea
- Fall (Scots)Fall (Scots)A fall or fa a Scottish measurement of length. Other variants of the name include "faw", "faa" and "fa", the spelling with an apologetic apostrophe is not favoured now...
, an obsolete Scottish measurement of length - Fa (brand)Fa (brand)Fa is a brand for personal care products owned by German company Henkel. Fa products include shower gels, bubble baths, soaps and deodorants. Soaps produced in Germany and Poland, shower gels and bubble baths in Slovenia and deodorants in Germany and Greece....
, a brand for personal care products - Factor analysisFactor analysisFactor analysis is a statistical method used to describe variability among observed, correlated variables in terms of a potentially lower number of unobserved, uncorrelated variables called factors. In other words, it is possible, for example, that variations in three or four observed variables...
- Factory automation
- Faculty assistant
- Family assistance
- Farmers' Almanac
- Fat admirer
- Feasibility analysis
- Fibonacci Association
- Finite automata
- Foreign AffairsForeign AffairsForeign Affairs is an American magazine and website on international relations and U.S. foreign policy published since 1922 by the Council on Foreign Relations six times annually...
- Functional analysisFunctional analysisFunctional analysis is a branch of mathematical analysis, the core of which is formed by the study of vector spaces endowed with some kind of limit-related structure and the linear operators acting upon these spaces and respecting these structures in a suitable sense...
- Nikon FANikon FAThe Nikon FA was an advanced amateur level, interchangeable lens, 35 mm film, single-lens reflex camera. It was manufactured by the Japanese optics company Nippon Kogaku K. K. in Japan from 1983 to 1987...
, a 35 mm SLR camera - Persian languagePersian languagePersian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
(Farsi Language), in ISO 639-1 code - Fresh AireFresh AireFresh Aire was the first album released by new age musical group Mannheim Steamroller. The album was originally released in 1975. It is also the title of one track on the album. It was followed by seven additional albums in the Fresh Aire series. Each of the first four Fresh Aire albums is based...
- Fighters AnthologyFighters AnthologyJane's Combat Simulations Fighters Anthology is a compilation of combat flight simulators which includeU.S. Navy Fighters,U.S. Navy Fighters - Marine Fighters,Advanced Tactical Fighters,Advanced Tactical Fighters - Nato Fighters,U.S...
- Sweet F.A.Sweet F.A.Sweet F.A. is the sixth studio album by English alternative rock band Love and Rockets, released in 1996 on American Recordings.- Background :...
, a British slang phrase meaning 'nothing at all' - Fur Affinity, an online gallery for the furry fandom.