Meanings
rta1
RTA2
plural RTAs
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of radio and television arts.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of road traffic accident.
There had been several RTAs that night, but the gore did not bother her, she wasn’t one to panic at the sight of a jutting bone or dislodged eye.
2023, Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, A Spell of Good Things, Canongate Books, pages 240-241 - abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablevideo gamesInitialism of real-time attack.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of renal tubular acidosis.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of real-time adjudication.
- AustraliaabbreviationinitialismInitialism of Roads & Traffic Authority.
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Regional Transit Authority.
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Radio Television Afghanistan.
- abbreviationinitialismnot comparableInitialism of restricted to adults.
Origin
- Sanskritऋत“order; rule; truth”
- Englishrta
Unadapted learned borrowing from Sanskrit ऋत (ṛtá, “order; rule; truth”). Doublet of asha.
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rta. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rta
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