PCA (English, noun)
expansion: PCA (plural PCAs)
Senses:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of propulsion controlled aircraft (system/unit), an aircraft with a control system with two or more engines arrayed abreast, allowing descent, ascent, turns by adjusting the throttle control to the engines (sometimes used attributively).
tags: abbreviation
alt-of
topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: Abbreviation of principal components analysis.
tags: abbreviation
alt-of
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of patient-controlled analgesia; palliator.
tags: abbreviation
alt-of
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of posterior cerebral artery.
tags: abbreviation
alt-of
initialism
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of printed circuit assembly.
tags: abbreviation
alt-of
initialism
Forms:
form: PCAs
tags: plural