SPAD (English, noun)
expansion: SPAD (plural SPADs)
Senses:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: An instance of a signal passed at danger.
tags: UK
topics: government
politics
glosses: Alternative form of spad (“special advisor in government”).
tags: UK
alt-of
alternative
informal
qualifier: plant science
glosses: A relative measurement of the amount of chlorophyll present in a leaf, based on measurements with a SPAD meter produced by Minolta.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of self-propelled air defense; a self-propelled anti-aircraft vehicle.
tags: abbreviation
alt-of
initialism
Forms:
form: SPADs
tags: plural