# MDA

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**MDA**, **mda** or variants may refer to:

## Businesses and organizations

### Political parties

- [Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (2003–2008)](/source/Meghalaya_Democratic_Alliance_(2003%E2%80%932008)), in India
- [Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (2018–present)](/source/Meghalaya_Democratic_Alliance_(2018%E2%80%93present)), in India
- [Movement for Democracy in Africa](/source/Movement_for_Democracy_in_Africa), in Burkina Faso

### Businesses and other organizations

- [MDA (company)](/source/MDA_(company)), a Canadian space technology company
- [Magen David Adom](/source/Magen_David_Adom), Israel's emergency medical, disaster, ambulance and blood bank service
- [Malaysia Design Archive](/source/Malaysia_Design_Archive), a non-profit private organization
- [Media Development Authority](/source/Media_Development_Authority), in Singapore
- Medical Devices Agency, now part of [Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency](/source/Medicines_and_Healthcare_products_Regulatory_Agency), in the UK
- [Minnesota Department of Agriculture](/source/Minnesota_Department_of_Agriculture), in the U.S.
- [Missile Defense Agency](/source/Missile_Defense_Agency), an agency of the U.S. Department of Defense
- [Muscular Dystrophy Association](/source/Muscular_Dystrophy_Association), an American organization
- Museum Documentation Association, now [Collections Trust](/source/Collections_Trust), a British charity
- [Myanmar Dental Association](/source/Myanmar_Dental_Association), a professional association

## People

- [A. P. Mda](/source/A._P._Mda) (1916-1993) South African political activist
- [Zakes Mda](/source/Zakes_Mda) (born 1948) South African author

## Science and technology

### Computing and electronics

- [MDA framework](/source/MDA_framework) (Mechanics-Dynamics-Aesthetics), a tool used to analyze games
- [Message delivery agent](/source/Message_delivery_agent), software to route e-mails
- Mechanical design automation, a branch of [computer-aided design](/source/Computer-aided_design)
- [Microconnect distributed antenna](/source/Microconnect_distributed_antenna), a kind of transmitter/receiver
- [T-Mobile MDA](/source/T-Mobile_MDA) (Mobile Digital Assistant), a mobile phone
- [Model-driven architecture](/source/Model-driven_architecture), a software design approach
- [IBM Monochrome Display Adapter](/source/IBM_Monochrome_Display_Adapter), a video display card and computer display standard

### Chemistry

- [3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine](/source/3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine), known as MDA, a recreational drug
- [4,4'-Methylenedianiline](/source/4,4'-Methylenedianiline), an industrial chemical
- [Malondialdehyde](/source/Malondialdehyde), an organic compound
- Medium-density amorphous ice, [a phase of ice](/source/Phases_of_ice)
- [Metal deactivator](/source/Metal_deactivator) or metal deactivating agent, stabilising fuel additive

### Other uses in science and technology

- MDa, mega [Dalton (unit)](/source/Dalton_(unit)), a non-SI unit of mass
- [Mass drug administration](/source/Mass_drug_administration)
- [Mean directional accuracy](/source/Mean_directional_accuracy), a measure of prediction accuracy of a forecasting method in statistics
- [Mesocyclone](/source/Mesocyclone) detection algorithm
- Minimum detectable activity, in [whole-body counting](/source/Whole-body_counting#Count_times_and_detection_limit) measuring radioactivity
- [Multiple discriminant analysis](/source/Multiple_discriminant_analysis), a multivariate dimensionality reduction technique
- [Multiple displacement amplification](/source/Multiple_displacement_amplification), a DNA amplification technique

## Other uses

- [Moldova](/source/Moldova), a country in Europe, ISO 3166-1 country code MDA
- [*MDA* (TV series)](/source/MDA_(TV_series)), an Australian TV show
- MD&A, management discussion and analysis, part of a [financial statement](/source/Financial_statement)
- [Maritime domain awareness](/source/Maritime_domain_awareness), understanding the maritime domain that could impact security, safety, economy, or environment
- Master of Defence Administration, a degree awarded by [Cranfield School of Management](/source/Cranfield_School_of_Management)
- *[Methods, data, analyses](/source/Methods,_data,_analyses)*, academic journal for survey methodology
- Minimum descent altitude in an [instrument approach](/source/Instrument_approach) in aviation
- [Mada language](/source/Mada_language), ISO 939-3 language code mda
- Leica MDa, a variant of the [Leica M1](/source/Leica_M1) camera

## See also

- [Misuse of Drugs Act (disambiguation)](/source/Misuse_of_Drugs_Act_(disambiguation))
- [Missionary Diocese of All Saints](/source/Missionary_Diocese_of_All_Saints) (MDAS)
- [MDA5](/source/MDA5), melanoma differentiation-associated protein 5
- [2,3-Methylenedioxyamphetamine](/source/2,3-Methylenedioxyamphetamine) (2,3-MDA), an amphetamine drug

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