SMA
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Education
- Saint Mary's Academy, RawalpindiSaint Mary's Academy, RawalpindiSt. Mary's Academy is a private English-medium school located in the heart of Rawalpindi, Pakistan.In its Senior Cambridge curriculum, St...
, a private English-medium school in Pakistan - Saint Mary's Academy, DominicaSaint Mary's Academy, DominicaSt. Mary's Academy is a private high school in Roseau, Dominica.-Mission statement:.-Uniform:...
, a private high school in the island of Dominica, in the Caribbean - San Marcos Baptist AcademySan Marcos Baptist AcademySan Marcos Baptist Academy is a Baptist, coed prep school that is affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas and accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the Texas Association of Boarding Schools...
, a coed prep school Baptist institution in Texas, USA - Science and Mathematics Academy, Aberdeen High School, Aberdeen, Maryland
- Sekolah Menengah Atas, Indonesian senior high school
- Singapore-MIT AllianceSingapore-MIT allianceSingapore-MIT Alliance was founded in 1998 as an initiative to develop research talents who can contribute locally to the economy. Born out of a collaboration between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the National University of Singapore and the Nanyang Technological University, it...
, an educational initiative - Staunton Military AcademyStaunton Military AcademyStaunton Military Academy was an all-male military academy located in Staunton, Virginia for much of its 116-year history. The school closed in 1976. Many notable American political and military leaders are graduates...
, Charles Town, Virginia
Engineering and technology
- Shape memory alloyShape memory alloyA shape-memory alloy is an alloy that "remembers" its original, cold-forged shape: returning the pre-deformed shape by heating. This material is a lightweight, solid-state alternative to conventional actuators such as hydraulic, pneumatic, and motor-based systems...
, a metal that "remembers" its geometry - Shared Memory ArchitectureShared Memory ArchitectureIn computer architecture, Shared Memory Architecture refers to a design where the graphics chip does not have its own dedicated memory, and instead shares the main system RAM with the CPU and other components....
, a design where a computer graphics chip does not have its own dedicated memory - Connectors:
- SMA connectorSMA connectorSMA connectors are coaxial RF connectors developed in the 1960s as a minimal connector interface for coaxial cable with a screw type coupling mechanism. The connector has a 50 Ω impedance. It offers excellent electrical performance from DC to 18 GHz.-Connector design:The SMA connector consists of...
, a type of coaxial radio-frequency connector - Optical fiber connectorOptical fiber connectorAn optical fiber connector terminates the end of an optical fiber, and enables quicker connection and disconnection than splicing. The connectors mechanically couple and align the cores of fibers so that light can pass...
- SMA connector
- SMA EnginesSMA EnginesSMA Engines is a French manufacturer of diesel engines for light aircraft. A subsidiary of Safran, SMA engine production is currently limited to one model, the SMA SR305-230, which has received a Supplemental Type Certificate for installation in the Cessna 182Q and R.-History:SMA was founded in...
, a diesel aircraft engine manufacturer - SMA Solar TechnologySMA Solar TechnologySMA Solar Technology AG is a German solar energy equipment supplier founded in 1981 and based in Niestetal, a suburb of Kassel, Germany. It is the world's largest manufacturer of inverters for solar photovoltaic modules with a revenue of 1.9 billion € and estimated 40% share of the global market in...
, a manufacturer of solar inverters - Stone mastic asphaltStone mastic asphaltStone mastic asphalt was developed in Germany in the 1960s. It provides a deformation resistant, durable surfacing material, suitable for heavily trafficked roads. SMA has found use in Europe, Australia, the United States, and Canada as a durable asphalt surfacing option for residential streets...
, a type of road surface - Styrene Maleic AnhydrideStyrene maleic anhydrideStyrene maleic anhydride, also known as SMA or SMAnh, is a synthetic polymer that is built-up of styrene and maleic anhydride monomers. The monomers are almost perfectly alternating, making it an alternating copolymer. It is formed by a radical polymerization, using an organic peroxide as the...
, a copolymer with high heat properties - Submillimeter ArraySubmillimeter ArrayThe Submillimeter Array consists of eight diameter radio telescopes arranged as an interferometer for submillimeter wavelength observations. It is the first purpose-built submillimeter interferometer, constructed after successful interferometry experiments using the pre-existing James Clerk...
, Mauna Kea, Hawaii - Simplified Memory-Bounded Algorithm SMA*, a memory usage optimising variant of the heuristic A* algorithm to search in treesTree (data structure)In computer science, a tree is a widely-used data structure that emulates a hierarchical tree structure with a set of linked nodes.Mathematically, it is an ordered directed tree, more specifically an arborescence: an acyclic connected graph where each node has zero or more children nodes and at...
Entertainment
- Stop motionStop motionStop motion is an animation technique to make a physically manipulated object appear to move on its own. The object is moved in small increments between individually photographed frames, creating the illusion of movement when the series of frames is played as a continuous sequence...
animation/animator, where objects are moved by small amounts between frames - Super Mario AdvanceSuper Mario AdvanceSuper Mario Advance is a series of four platform games released for the Game Boy Advance. The games were enhanced remakes of Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario World, Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and Super Mario Bros. 3 respectively...
, a game in the MarioMariois a fictional character in his video game series, created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. Serving as Nintendo's mascot and the main protagonist of the series, Mario has appeared in over 200 video games since his creation...
series - Super Mario AdventuresSuper Mario Adventuresis an anthology of comics that ran in Nintendo Power magazine throughout 1992, featuring the characters from Nintendo's Mario series and based loosely on Super Mario World. Charlie Nozawa, the artist who created the comics, is also known by the pen name Tamakichi Sakura...
, an anthology of comics featuring the characters from Nintendo's Mario series* - "Suggested for Mature Audiences" - a label that was placed on some film advertisements from 1966 to 1968, prior to the MPAA's adoption of its formal Film Rating System.
Medicine
- Spinal muscular atrophySpinal muscular atrophySpinal Muscular Atrophy is a neuromuscular disease characterized by degeneration of motor neurons, resulting in progressive muscular atrophy and weakness. The clinical spectrum of SMA ranges from early infant death to normal adult life with only mild weakness...
, a motor neuron disease - Superior mesenteric arterySuperior mesenteric arteryIn human anatomy, the superior mesenteric artery arises from the anterior surface of the abdominal aorta, just inferior to the origin of the celiac trunk, and supplies the intestine from the lower part of the duodenum through two-thirds of the transverse colon, as well as the pancreas.-Location...
, a blood vessel supplying the pancreas and part of the intestine - Supplementary motor areaSupplementary motor areaThe supplementary motor area is a part of the sensorimotor cerebral cortex . It was included, on purely cytoarchitectonic arguments, in area 6 of Brodmann and the Vogts...
, part of the sensorimotor cortex - Sequential Multiple Analysis, the old name for a panel of clinical chemistry lab tests, see Comprehensive metabolic panelComprehensive metabolic panelThe comprehensive metabolic panel, or chemical screen, is a panel of 14 blood tests which serves as an initial broad screening tool for physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants...
Other uses
- Santa Maria Airport (Azores)Santa Maria Airport (Azores)Santa Maria Airport is an airport on Santa Maria Island, in the autonomous region of the Azores, Portugal, serving the municipality of Vila do Porto, within the archipelago and to the continent...
, an airport in the AzoresAzoresThe Archipelago of the Azores is composed of nine volcanic islands situated in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, and is located about west from Lisbon and about east from the east coast of North America. The islands, and their economic exclusion zone, form the Autonomous Region of the... - See My Archives (internet lingo)
- Scouts Musulmans AlgériensScouts Musulmans AlgériensAlgerian Muslim Scouts is the national Scouting association in Algeria. SMA has 24,750 members as of 2011.- History :Scouting in Algeria began formatively around 1911, but Scouting was officially founded in French Algeria in 1935, introduced by Algerian Scouter Mohamed Bouras with a troop in...
- Separately managed accountSeparately managed accountA separately managed account is an individual managed investment account offered typically by a brokerage firm through one of their brokers or financial consultants and managed by independent investment management firms and have varying fee structures...
, an individual investment account with an asset-based fee structure - Special Memorandum AccountSpecial Memorandum AccountSMA is a margin credit account used for calculating US Regulation T requirements on brokerage accounts. In addition to Initial Margin and Maintenance Margin requirements, the SMA ledger is used to lock in unrealized gains that augment the clients buying power....
- Spectral Map Analysis, a multivariate decomposition method with which a Spectramap BiplotBiplotBiplots are a type of exploratory graph used in statistics, a generalization of the simple two-variable scatterplot. A biplot allows information on both samples and variables of a data matrix to be displayed graphically. Samples are displayed as points while variables are displayed either as...
visualization is created, developed by Paul LewiPaul LewiPaul J. Lewi is a Belgian scientist, who elaborated Spectral Map Analysis in 1975 and was one of the cofounders of chemometrics in 1983. Paul Lewi is married with Philomena Van Bylen, and together they have 5 children.- Biography :...
. - Sergeant Major of the ArmySergeant Major of the ArmyThe Sergeant Major of the Army is a unique non-commissioned rank in the United States Army. The holder of this rank is the most senior enlisted member of the Army, unless an Army NCO is serving as the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman, when in that case that NCO will be the most senior...
, the senior enlisted member of the U.S. Army - Seoul Metropolitan Area, a region in South Korea
- Shanghai Maple Automobile, an automobile manufacturer based in Shanghai, China
- Simple moving average, the unweighted mean of the previous n data points, when analyzing time series data
- Strategic management accounting, an evolving area under management accounting, which involves how accounting and non-accounting information can be used by a firm to attain sustainable competitive advantage over its competitors.
- Sir Mix-a-LotSir Mix-a-LotAnthony Ray , better known by his stage name Sir Mix-a-Lot, is an emcee and producer based in Seattle, Washington. The founder of the Nastymix record label, he debuted in 1988 with Swass...
, the stage name of Anthony Ray, a rapper and producer - "SMA", a 19991999 in music-Events:*January 7**After eight years of marriage, Rod Stewart and supermodel wife Rachel Hunter announce their separation.**Paul McCartney attends the first of his stepdaughter Heather's first housewares collection in Georgia....
song by hard rockHard rockHard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
band ChevelleChevelleChevelle is an American alternative metal trio that formed in 1995 in Grayslake, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. The band was originally composed of two brothers and a local friend: Pete Loeffler , Sam Loeffler , and Matt Scott . Matt was later replaced by brother Joe Loeffler...
from their first studio album, Point #1Point No. 1-Credits:* Buddy Jackson - Art Direction* Chevelle - Main Performer* Hank Williams - Mastering* Joe Loeffler - Bass* Mark Smalling - Photography* Pete Loeffler - Guitar, Vocals* Sally Carns - Back Cover, Design* Sam Loeffler - Drums...