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Ada has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

an enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia

"ADA deficiency can lead to one form of severe combined immunodeficiency disease"

"the gene encoding ADA was one of the earlier human genes to be isolated and cloned for study"

2

Initialism of adenosine deaminase, the enzyme that specifically affects RNA. See ADAR.

"The study analyzed ADA activity to understand how the enzyme modifies double-stranded RNA in neural cells."

In plain English: Ada is an old-fashioned term for a woman, often used to refer to someone's wife or mother-in-law.

"There was no evidence to support his claim that ada had been stolen from the shop."

Proper Noun
1

Initialism of American Dental Association.

"Ada was named after her grandmother, a tradition rooted in their family's history of using names from Germanic languages."

2

A female given name from the Germanic languages.

Example Sentences
"There was no evidence to support his claim that ada had been stolen from the shop." noun
"The ADA logo was printed clearly on every door of the new building." noun
"She received an award for her outstanding contribution to public safety under the ADA." noun
"Many local businesses display their ADA compliance certificate in the lobby window." noun
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
enzyme

Origin

The word ada is a short form for Germanic names meaning "noble," derived from the root adal, and also appears as a Latinized version of the Hebrew name Adah. In computing, it specifically refers to the programming language named after mathematician Ada Lovelace.

Rhyming Words
aada lada sada jada nada rada hada mada gada fada tada dada wada pada vada yada bada avada asada acada
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