LDA

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Initialism of localizer type directional aid.

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nounLDA (countable and uncountable, plural LDAs)

plural LDAs

  1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableaeronauticsInitialism of localizer type directional aid.
  2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablechemistryInitialism of lithium diisopropylamide.
  3. 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
  4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemathematicsInitialism of linear discriminant analysis.
  5. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebiologyInitialism of left-displaced abomasum.
  6. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of legal drinking age.
  7. 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.
  8. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablehuman sciencesInitialism of long-distance agreement.
  9. PakistanabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of Lahore Development Authority.

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