NACA
Encyclopedia
Organizations
- National Advisory Committee for AeronauticsNational Advisory Committee for AeronauticsThe National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics was a U.S. federal agency founded on March 3, 1915 to undertake, promote, and institutionalize aeronautical research. On October 1, 1958 the agency was dissolved, and its assets and personnel transferred to the newly created National Aeronautics and...
, the forerunner of the U.S. federal agency NASA - National Association for Campus ActivitiesNational Association for Campus ActivitiesNational Association for Campus Activities is an organization designed to provide information and resources for campus activities programmers throughout the United States and Canada...
, an organization for programmers of university and college activities - National Athletic and Cycling Association, a sports organization of Ireland
- Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of AmericaNeighborhood Assistance Corporation of AmericaNACA is a Boston-based, national, HUD Certified, non-profit, community advocacy organization. NACA’s goal is to build healthy neighborhoods nationwide through affordable home ownership. It was founded by Bruce Marks, a former Federal Reserve Bank of New York official, in 1988...
, a non-profit community advocacy and home ownership organization helping victims of predatory mortgages - Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific, an intergovernmental organization that promotes rural development through sustainable aquacultureAquacultureAquaculture, also known as aquafarming, is the farming of aquatic organisms such as fish, crustaceans, molluscs and aquatic plants. Aquaculture involves cultivating freshwater and saltwater populations under controlled conditions, and can be contrasted with commercial fishing, which is the...
- National Association of Consumer Advocates, an organization of consumer lawyerLawyerA lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
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Science, technology, and medicine
- NACA (gene)NACA (gene)Nascent-polypeptide-associated complex alpha polypeptide, also known as NACA, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the NACA gene.- Function :...
, a human gene - NACA ductNACA ductA NACA duct also sometimes called a NACA scoop or NACA Inlet, is a common form of low-drag air inlet design, originally developed by the U.S. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics , the precursor to NASA, in 1945....
, a type of air intake for an engine - NACA airfoilNACA airfoilThe NACA airfoils are airfoil shapes for aircraft wings developed by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics . The shape of the NACA airfoils is described using a series of digits following the word "NACA." The parameters in the numerical code can be entered into equations to precisely...
(aviation) - NACA cowlingNACA cowlingThe NACA cowling is a type of aerodynamic fairing used to streamline radial engines for use on airplanes and developed by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics in 1927...
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