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In the United States, a district attorney (DA), county attorney, county prosecutor, state's attorney, prosecuting attorney, commonwealth's attorney, or solicitor is the chief prosecutor or chief law enforcement officer representing a U.S. state in a local government area, typically a county or a group of counties. The exact scope of the office ...
DA! (band), a Chicago post-punk band of the 1980s; Da, a 1978 play by Hugh Leonard. Da, a 1988 film based on the play; Damon Amendolara, American sports talk radio host; Daniel Amos, also known as D.A. and Dä, an American Christian rock band; Dennis Armand Lucchesi, who recorded the song "Ready 'n' Steady" under the name "D.A."
List of initialisms, acronyms ("words made from parts of other words, pronounceable"), and other abbreviations used by the government and the military of the United States. Note that this list is intended to be specific to the United States government and military—other nations will have their own acronyms.
da da: give DAW dispense as written (i.e., no generic substitution) DC, dc, D/C, disc discontinue [or] discharge ambiguous meaning decoct. decoctum: decoction det. detur: let it be given dieb. alt. diebus alternis: every other day; on alternate days dil. dilute dim. dimidius: one-half d. in p. æ. divide in partes æquales
Such citations and abbreviations are found in court decisions, statutes, regulations, journal articles, books, and other documents. Below is a basic list of very common abbreviations. Because publishers adopt different practices regarding how abbreviations are printed, one may find abbreviations with or without periods for each letter.
Abbreviation Meaning D S : diagnosis: D5: 5% dextrose: D25: 25% dextrose injections D4T: stavudine: D5W: 5% dextrose in water - IV fluids for intravenous therapy: d: day(s) DA: dopamine: DAEC: diffusely adherent Escherichia coli: DAF: decay accelerating factor: DAI: diffuse axonal injury: DALY: disability-adjusted life year: DAPT: dual anti ...
NYR-NBD, meaning Need Your Response - Next Business Day. Meaning requires a response before the end of the next working day. OoO, meaning Out of Office. Used in corporate emails to indicate that the sender will not be at work. PFA, meaning Please Find Attached / Attachment. Used in corporate emails to indicate that a document or set of ...
It is also a decimal unit prefix in the International System of Units (SI) denoting a factor of ten, with symbol da and spelled "deca" internationally [a] (or "deka" in American spelling [3]). SI [ edit ]