ASA
Appearance
ASAas an abbreviation or initialism may refer to:
Biology and medicine
[edit]- Accessible surface areaof a biomolecule, accessible to a solvent
- Acetylsalicylic acid,aspirin
- Advanced surface ablation,refractive eye surgery
- Anterior spinal artery,the blood vessel which supplies the anterior portion of the spinal cord
- Antisperm antibodies,antibodies against sperm antigens
- Argininosuccinic aciduria,a disorder of the urea cycle
- ASA physical status classification system,rating of patients undergoing anesthesia
Education and research
[edit]- African Studies Association of the United Kingdom
- African Studies Association
- Alandica Shipping Academy,Åland Islands, Finland
- Albany Students' Association,at Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand
- Alexander-Smith Academy,in Houston, Texas
- Alpha Sigma Alpha,U.S. national sorority
- American Society for Aesthetics,philosophical organization
- American Student Assistance,national non-profit organization
- American Studies Association
- Arizona School for the Arts
- Armenian Sisters Academy
- Association of Social Anthropologists
- Astronomical Society of Australia
- Austrian Studies Association
Organizations
[edit]- Acoustical Society of America,international scientific society
- Advertising Standards Authority (disambiguation),advertising regulators in several countries
- American Scientific Affiliation,an organization of Christians in science
- American Society of Agronomy
- American Society of Anesthesiologists
- American Society of Appraisers
- American Sociological Association
- American Staffing Association
- American Standards Association,a former name of the American National Standards Institute
- American Statistical Association
- American Synesthesia Association
- Americans for Safe Access,marijuana law reform group
- Association for Social Advancement,microfinance institution, Bangladesh
- Association for the Study of Abortion
- Association of Scouts of Azerbaijan
- Association of Southeast Asia
- Australian Submarine Agency
- Australian Society of Authors
- Australian Space Agency
- Austrian Service Abroad
- Autism Society of America
- United States Army Security Agency
Sports
[edit]- Agremiação Sportiva Arapiraquense,Brazilian soccer club
- Alliance Sport Alsace,French basketball club
- Amateur Softball Association,former name of the governing body now known as USA Softball
- Amateur Swimming Association,former name of Swim England
- American Sailing Association
- American Samoa,IOC country code
- American Speed Association,motorsports sanctioning body
- American Sportscasters Association
- Arizona Soccer Association
- Athletics South Africa,the national governing body for the sport of athletics in South Africa
- Atlético Sport Aviação,Angolan multisports club
- United States Adult Soccer Association
Transportation
[edit]- ASA (automobile),Italian marque of automobiles (Autocostruzioni Società per Azioni)
- ASA Aluminium Body,Argentinian manufacturer of replicas of sports cars
- Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares,Mexican airport operator
- African Safari Airways,airline company based in East Africa
- Air services agreement,bilateral agreement to allow international commercial air transport services between signatories
- Atlantic Southeast Airlines,in Atlanta area, Georgia
- Airline Superintendents Association,of Trinidad & Tobago
- Airservices Australia,air traffic management and related services provider for Australia
- The International Civil Aviation Organization's code forAlaska Airlines
Other
[edit]- ASA ( "American Standards Association" ) a measure offilm speedin photography, later replaced by the ISO standard
- Acrylonitrile styrene acrylate,a thermoplastic used for 3D printing and in the auto industry
- Adaptive simulated annealing,optimization algorithm
- Cisco ASA(Adaptive Security Appliances)
- Allied States of America,a fictional American nation in the television showJericho
- Allmennaksjeselskap,the designation for a Norwegian public limited company
- Anti-Soviet agitation,a criminal offense in the Soviet Union
- ASA carriage control characters,a system used for controlling mainframe line printers
- Assistant state's attorney,a title for attorneys working in the state's attorney's office in the United States
- As-salamu alaykum,a greeting inArabicthat means "peace be upon you"
- Auditory scene analysis,a proposed model for the basis of auditory perception