rad

Definitions

1. Initialism of role activity diagram.
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
2. Initialism of Radiation Assessment Detector, a scientific instrument of the Mars Science Laboratory onboard the Curiosity rover at Mars.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
3. A non-SI unit of absorbed dose of radiation, equal to 0.01 gray, that is, 1 centigray.
4. Initialism of rapid application development.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
5. Acronym of River Arts District, a neighborhood of Asheville, North Carolina, United States.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
6. Symbol for the radian, a unit of measure for angle.
   alt-of, symbol
7. Initialism of reactive attachment disorder.
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
8. Clipping of radiator.
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang
9. Abbreviation of sight radius.
   abbreviation, alt-of, slang
10. Clipping of radical: a political radical.
    abbreviation, alt-of, clipping

Equivalents

Examples

“Near-synonyms: centigray, cGy (same physical quantity)”

“The women who work⟳ in it with me are all feminists, they're all rads, two of them are black belts in karate...I mean⟳, they're major women.”

“The recovery is still a work⟳ in progress⟳, given the deadly storm’s massive impact on people across Western North Carolina and its devastation of two popular Asheville neighborhoods — the RAD (“rad”), as locals call⟳ it, and nearby Biltmore Village.”

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