Meanings
aad1
comparative more aad · superlative most aad
aad2
plural aads
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of advanced ammunition depot.
- abbreviationinitialismbiochemistryInitialism of alloxazine adenine dinucleotide.
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of antibiotics-associated diarrhea.
AAD3
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of American Academy of Dentists.
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of American Academy of Dermatology.
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Australian Antarctic Division.
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For the next four or five years, a special drill designed at the AAD will slice through the ice pulling up 3-metre cores at a time until the drill hits bedrock, almost 3km down. […] The idea to go chasing the world’s oldest ice was included in a 2013 report from Dr Tony Press, the former AAD director and Antarctic scientist who set out what Australia’s priorities on the vast continent should be.
2023 January 15, Graham Readfearn, “Time tunnel: why an Australian expedition is drilling through 2.6km of Antarctic ice”, in The Guardian
plural AADs
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Aircraft Assignment Directive.
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of automatic activation device.
- abbreviationinitialismgovernmentInitialism of Anti-aircraft division.
- abbreviationinitialismgovernmentInitialism of Army Air Defense.
- abbreviationinitialismgovernmentInitialism of Airborne Assault Division.
- abbreviationhistoricalinitialismgovernmentInitialism of Armored Automobile Detachment.
Origin
aad · adjective
- Northern Middle Englishald
- Englishaad
Regional form of old (compare auld), from Northern Middle English ald (southern old).
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Cite this entry
aad. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aad
“aad.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aad. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aad,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aad.
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