RPA en · NOUN · etymology 1
Etymology
Abbreviations.
Meanings
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(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of remotely piloted aircraft.
alt of remotely piloted aircraft
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(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of robotic process automation.
alt of robotic process automation
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(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of random phase approximation.
alt of random phase approximation
An even higher-level method is the GW and the related random-phase approximation (RPA)^(8,9), but the high computational cost of RPA makes it only applicable to small systems¹⁰.
2016 April 26, Jie Ma, Lin-Wang Wang, “Using Wannier functions to improve solid band gap predictions in density functional theory”, in Scientific Reports, volume 6, →DOI, article 24924, page 1:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| RPAs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
cruise missile (remotely piloted aircraft) · drone (remotely piloted aircraft) · RC (remotely piloted aircraft) · UCAV (remotely piloted aircraft)
Hypernyms
UAV (remotely piloted aircraft)
Relateds
OPA (remotely piloted aircraft) · ROV (remotely piloted aircraft)