EA

See also:ea,Ea,êa,ea.,-ea,E/A,éa-,andę-ą

Translingual

Etymology 1

Symbol

EA

1. (metrology)Symbol forexaampere,anSI unitofelectrical currentequal to 10¹⁸amperes.

Etymology 2

Symbol

EA

1. (international standards)Exceptionally reservedISO 3166-1alpha-2country codeforCeuta and Melilla.

Usage notes

This is anexceptionally reservedcode, included as part ofISO 3166-1on the request of theWorld Customs Organizationfor the purpose of demarcating a part ofSpainthat is not part of theEuropean Union Customs Union,and is not endorsed for general use by theISOoutside of that purpose.

English

Noun

EA(countableanduncountable,pluralEAs)

1. Initialism ofexecutiveassistant.
2. (US)Initialism ofenrolled agent.
3. (Canada)Initialism ofeducational assistant.
4. (organic chemistry)Initialism ofethyl acetate.
   • 2006,Gordon L. Robertson, “Structure and Related Properties of Plastic Polymers”, inFood Packaging: Principles and Practice,2nd edition, CRC Press,→ISBN,page25:

     For copolymers of ethylene, the other comonomer can be an alkene such as propene, butene, hexene or octene, or a compound having a polar functional group such as vinyl acetate (VA), acrylic acid (AA), ethyl acetate (EA), methyl acrylate (MA) or vinyl alcohol (VOH).

5. (law)Initialism ofenvironmental assessment.
6. (computing)Initialism ofenterprise architecture.
7. (computing,biology)Initialism ofevolutionary algorithm.
8. (philosophy)Initialism ofeffective altruism.
   • 2022September 9, Theodore Leinwand, “Neartermism and longtermism aren’t at odds”, inThe Washington Post‎^[1]:

     […]Christine Emba’s Sept. 6 op-ed, “The trouble with ‘longtermism,’” countered this philosophy’s occasional fanaticism with glib reductiveness. Moreover, she tarred with the same brush the spirit of the entire effective altruism (EA) movement — the giveaway at the start is thatEAis derided for being “obsessed with ‘doing good better.’”

   • 2022December 9,Jennifer Szalai,“Effective Altruism Warned of Risks. Did It Also Incentivize Them?”, inThe New York Times‎^[2]:

     This is the language of effective altruism — orE.A.— a philanthropic movement premised on the use of reason and data to do good. Bankman-Fried had long flaunted hisE.A.bona fides to distinguish himself from other crypto billionaires.

9. (philosophy)Initialism ofeffective altruist.

Proper noun

EA

1. (video games)Initialism ofElectronic Arts.
2. (Islam)Initialism ofEid al-Adha.
3. Initialism ofEast Africa.

Anagrams

• -ae,-æ,A & E,A&E,AE,a**e,a.e.,ae,æ