rta

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noun

The Vedic principle of natural order that regulates the operation of the universe.

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Meanings

rta1

nounrta (uncountable)

alternative ṛta · alternative rita

  1. HinduismuncountableThe Vedic principle of natural order that regulates the operation of the universe.

RTA2

nounRTA (countable and uncountable, plural RTAs)

plural RTAs

  1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of radio and television arts.
  2. 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
  3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablevideo gamesInitialism of real-time attack.
  4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of renal tubular acidosis.
  5. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of real-time adjudication.
proper noun
  1. AustraliaabbreviationinitialismInitialism of Roads & Traffic Authority.
  2. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Regional Transit Authority.
  3. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Radio Television Afghanistan.
adjectiveRTA (not comparable)
  1. abbreviationinitialismnot comparableInitialism of restricted to adults.

Origin

  1. Sanskritऋत“order; rule; truth”
  2. Englishrta

Unadapted learned borrowing from Sanskrit ऋत (ṛtá, “order; rule; truth”). Doublet of asha.

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Chicago

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