Meanings
plural LDAs
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableaeronauticsInitialism of localizer type directional aid.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablechemistryInitialism of lithium diisopropylamide.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablenatural sciencesInitialism of local-density approximation.
Although widely successful, these methods depend on the mixing parameters and are computationally more expensive than local/semilocal functionals such as the local density approximation (LDA) or generalized gradient approximation.
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 - abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemathematicsInitialism of linear discriminant analysis.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebiologyInitialism of left-displaced abomasum.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of legal drinking age.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablechemistryInitialism of low-density amorphous ice; a form of H₂O water ice, with a density less than that of liquid water, but denser than the usual crystalline ice.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablehuman sciencesInitialism of long-distance agreement.
- PakistanabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of Lahore Development Authority.
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LDA. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/LDA
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