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Etymology 1

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Abbreviations.

Proper noun

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RPA

  1. Initialism of Rural Payments Agency.

Noun

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RPA (countable and uncountable, plural RPAs)

  1. Initialism of remotely piloted aircraft.
  2. Initialism of robotic process automation.
  3. (physics) Initialism of random phase approximation.
    • 2016 April 26, Jie Ma, Lin-Wang Wang, “Using Wannier functions to improve solid band gap predictions in density functional theory”, in Scientific Reports, volume 6, →DOI, article 24924, page 1:
      An even higher-level method is the GW and the related random-phase approximation (RPA)8,9, but the high computational cost of RPA makes it only applicable to small systems10.
Hypernyms
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remotely piloted aircraft
  • UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle)
Coordinate terms
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remotely piloted aircraft
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remotely piloted aircraft
  • OPA (optionally piloted aircraft)
  • ROV (remotely operated vehicle)

Etymology 2

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From French RPA.

Noun

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RPA (plural RPAs)

  1. (Quebec) Privately-operated retirement home

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French

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Noun

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RPA f (plural RPAs)

  1. RPA (private/commercial old-folks residence); Initialism of résidence privée pour aînés.

Descendants

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  • English: RPA

Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɛr.pɛˈa/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: R‧P‧A

Noun

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RPA f

  1. Abbreviation of Republika Południowej Afryki.

Further reading

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  • RPA in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • RPA in Polish dictionaries at PWN