LCA
Encyclopedia
LCA is a three-letter abbreviation which may represent any of the following:
Technology
- Landing Craft AssaultLanding Craft AssaultThe Landing Craft Assault was a British landing craft used extensively in World War II. Its primary purpose was to ferry troops from transport ships to attack enemy-held shores. The craft derived from a prototype designed by John I. Thornycroft Ltd. During the war it was manufactured throughout...
, a British landing craft of the Second World War. - Light Combat AircraftHAL TejasThe HAL Tejas is a lightweight multirole fighter developed by India. It is a tailless, compound delta-wing design powered by a single engine. It came from the Light Combat Aircraft programme, which began in the 1980s to replace India's ageing MiG-21 fighters...
program, pursued by India for the development of the HAL Tejas 4th generation fighter jet. - LCA (Low Cost Apple), code name for the Apple IIeApple IIeThe Apple IIe is the third model in the Apple II series of personal computers produced by Apple Computer. The e in the name stands for enhanced, referring to the fact that several popular features were now built-in that were only available as upgrades and add-ons in earlier models...
- Liquid CrystalLiquid crystalLiquid crystals are a state of matter that have properties between those of a conventional liquid and those of a solid crystal. For instance, an LC may flow like a liquid, but its molecules may be oriented in a crystal-like way. There are many different types of LC phases, which can be...
Attenuator - Large commercial aircraft (LCA), passenger jetliners 100-400 passenger capacity
- Lower control arm, component of an automobile suspension
- Logic Cell Array, a Xilinx trademark for Logic Cell Array
Science
- Last Common Ancestor, the most recent common ancestor of two populations that came to be separated by a species barrier
- Latent class analysisLatent class modelIn statistics, a latent class model relates a set of observed discrete multivariate variables to a set of latent variables. It is a type of latent variable model. It is called a latent class model because the latent variable is discrete...
in statistics, a set of observed discrete multivariate variables to a set of latent variables - Life cycle assessmentLife cycle assessmentA life-cycle assessment is a technique to assess environmental impacts associated with all the stages of a product's life from-cradle-to-grave A life-cycle assessment (LCA, also known as life-cycle analysis, ecobalance, and cradle-to-grave analysis) is a technique to assess environmental impacts...
, or life cycle analysis, the assessment of the environmental impact of a given product or service throughout its lifespan. - Linear Correspondence Axiom, linguistic term belonging to the theory of antisymmetry
- Lowest common ancestorLowest common ancestorThe lowest common ancestor is a concept in graph theory and computer science. Let T be a rooted tree with n nodes. The lowest common ancestor is defined between two nodes v and w as the lowest node in T that has both v and w as descendants .The LCA of v and w in T is the shared ancestor of v...
, in graph theory, the lowest node in T that has both v and w as descendants - Linked Cluster Architecture, a routing protocol for wireless mesh networks
- Logic Cell Array
- Life Cycle Architecture, step in Software Development Life Cycle following Life Cycle Objectives (LCO). During this step the architecture of the software is reviewed and validated
Medicine
- Leber's congenital amaurosisLeber's congenital amaurosisLeber's congenital amaurosis is a rare inherited eye disease that appears at birth or in the first few months of life, and affects around 1 in 80,000 of the population.It was first described by Theodor Leber in the 19th century...
, a recessive genetic condition that causes blindness - Left coronary arteryLeft coronary arteryThe left coronary artery, abbreviated LCA and also known as the left main coronary artery , arises from the aorta above the left cusp of the aortic valve.-Branching:...
- Leukocyte Common Antigen
Places
- La Crescenta, California Amtrak station code
- Larnaca International AirportLarnaca International AirportLarnaca International Airport is an international airport located southwest of Larnaca, Cyprus. Larnaca International Airport is Cyprus' main international gateway and the larger of the country's two commercial airports, the other being Paphos International Airport on the island's southwestern...
, Cyprus (IATA airport code) - Saint LuciaSaint LuciaSaint Lucia is an island country in the eastern Caribbean Sea on the boundary with the Atlantic Ocean. Part of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the island of Saint Vincent, northwest of Barbados and south of Martinique. It covers a land area of 620 km2 and has an...
(ISO 3166-1 country codeISO 3166-1ISO 3166-1 is part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , and defines codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest. The official name of the standard is Codes for the representation of names...
, IOC country code)
Organizations
- Lambda Chi AlphaLambda Chi AlphaLambda Chi Alpha is one of the largest men's secret general fraternities in North America, having initiated more than 280,000 members and held chapters at more than 300 universities. It is a member of the North-American Interfraternity Conference and was founded by Warren A. Cole, while he was a...
, one of the largest fraternities in North America. - Last Chance for AnimalsLast Chance for AnimalsLast Chance for Animals is a US non-profit organization that advocates for animal rights. It is mostly known for its documentary, Dealing Dogs, and for its investigations against the use of animals for testing purposes....
, a not-for-profit animal welfare organization that produced the HBO documentary, Dealing Dogs. - Legalise Cannabis Alliance
- Law Council of AustraliaLaw Council of AustraliaThe Law Council of Australia is an association of law societies and bar associations from the States and territories of Australia, and the peak body representing the legal profession in Australia. The Council was formed in 1933 to unite the various state legal associations, in order to represent...
- Legal & Corporate Affairs (internal legal department, e.g. at MicrosoftMicrosoftMicrosoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
) - LCA-VisionLCA-VisionLCA-Vision is a provider of photorefractive keratectomy in the United States under the LasikPlus brand. As of October 2010, LCA-Vision Inc. owns and operates 54 LasikPlus fixed-site laser vision correction centers across the United States and Canada...
, a U.S. company providing LASIKLASIKLASIK or Lasik , commonly referred to simply as laser eye surgery, is a type of refractive surgery for correcting myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism...
vision services - Life Changing Apparel
- Leeds Combined Arts
Others
- Lexington Christian Academy (disambiguation)
- Labor Condition Application (included in H-1B visa application)
- Leaving Certificate AppliedLeaving Certificate AppliedThe Leaving Certificate Applied is a self-contained two-year programme of the Irish Department of Education and Science. It was introduced in 1995...
, a two-year programme of the Irish Department of Education and Science - linux.conf.auLinux.conf.aulinux.conf.au is Australasia's regional Linux and Open Source conference. It is a roaming conference, held in a different city every year, coordinated by Linux Australia and organised by local volunteers....
, the annual conference organised by Linux AustraliaLinux AustraliaLinux Australia is the national, Australian Linux organisation. It was founded in 1997 and formally incorporated in New South Wales as a non-profit organisation in 1999. Linux Australia aims to represent the Australian Linux community and to support and collaborate with the Linux User Groups in... - Liquor Control Act (Manitoba ministry)
- Lutheran Church in AmericaLutheran Church in AmericaThe Lutheran Church in America was a U.S. and Canadian Lutheran church body that existed from 1962 to 1987. It was headquartered in New York City and its publishing house was Fortress Press....
- Lutheran Church of AustraliaLutheran Church of AustraliaThe Lutheran Church of Australia is the major Lutheran denomination in Australia, it also has a presence in New Zealand. It has 320 parishes, 540 congregations, 70,000 baptized members in Australia, 1,130 baptized members in New Zealand, 52,463 communicant members and 450 active pastors. Its...
- Life Cycle Activities in project management
- Low Cost Airline
- London City AirportLondon City AirportLondon City Airport is a single-runway airport. It principally serves the financial district of London and is located on a former Docklands site, east of the City of London, opposite the London Regatta Centre, in the London Borough of Newham in east London. It was developed by the engineering...
, a small airport in the London Docklands - Long-term Cooperative Action, one of the two working groups at the centre of UN climate change negotiations