MCA may refer to:

Astronomy

* Mars-crossing asteroid, an asteroid whose orbit crosses that of Mars

Aviation

* Minimum crossing altitude, a minimum obstacle crossing altitude for fixes on published airways * Medium Combat Aircraft, a 5th generation fighter aircraft in India's HAL AMCA (Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft) program *

Macenta Airport Macenta Airport is an airport serving Macenta, a town in the Nzérékoré Region of Guinea. The airport is southwest of the town. The Macenta non-directional beacon (Ident: MA) is located off the approach end of Runway 07. See also *Transport ...

, Guinea (by IATA code)

Biology and chemistry

* MacConkey agar, a selective growth medium for bacteria * Monochloroacetic acid, carboxylic acid, manufactured by chlorinating acetic acid *

Methylcholanthrene Methylcholanthrene is a highly carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon produced by burning organic compounds at very high temperatures. Methylcholanthrene is also known as 3-methylcholanthrene, 20-methylcholanthrene or the IUPAC name 3-methy ...

, a carcinogen *

Methyl cyanoacrylate Methyl cyanoacrylate (MCA) (also sometimes referred to as α-cyanoacrylate or alpha-cyanoacrylate) is an organic compound that contains several functional groups: a methyl ester, a nitrile, and an alkene. It is a colorless liquid with low viscosit ...

, an organic compound * Metabolic control analysis, analysing how the control of fluxes and intermediate concentrations in a metabolic pathway is distributed * Middle cerebral artery, one of the three major blood supplies to the brain

Climate

* Medieval Climatic Anomaly (Medieval Warm Period, also Medieval Climate Optimum), a notably warm climatic period in the North Atlantic region from about 950 to 1250.

Companies

MCA Inc. MCA Inc. (originally an initialism for Music Corporation of America) was an American media conglomerate founded in 1924. Originally a talent agency with artists in the music business as clients, the company became a major force in the film ind ...

, a now defunct company (originally called Music Corporation of America) and its subsidiary companies: **

MCA Records MCA Records was an American record label owned by MCA Inc., which later became part of Universal Music Group. Pre-history MCA Inc., a powerful talent agency and a television production company, entered the recorded music business in 1962 wit ...

** MCA Nashville Records ** MCA Home Video, former name of Universal Studios Home Entertainment **

MCA Music Inc. (Philippines) UMG Philippines Inc. is a record label based in the Philippines and served as its regional branch of the multinational music corporation, Universal Music Group. Formerly known as MCA Music, the record label previously retained the now-disconti ...

, a Philippine branch of Universal Music Group which uses the MCA brand due to a trademark issue * Maubeuge Construction Automobile (MCA), a subsidiary of French car manufacturer Renault * Minato Communications Association, a former company name of the

Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association The is a Japanese trade organization for the electronics and IT industries. It was formed in 2000 from two earlier organizations, the Electronic Industries Association of Japan and the Japan Electronic Industries Development Association. Histor ...

Education

Degrees

* Master in Customs Administration, a trade-related graduate degree offered in PMI Colleges in the Philippines *

Master of Computer Applications A Master of Science in Information Technology (abbreviated M.Sc.IT, MScIT or MSIT) is a master's degree in the field of information technology awarded by universities in many countries or a person holding such a degree. The MSIT degree is de ...

, a postgraduate degree in computer science offered in India

Educational institutions

* Marist College Ashgrove, an Australian School * McIntosh County Academy, a high school in McIntosh County, Georgia, United States * Memphis College of Art, an art school in Tennessee, United States * Morrison Christian Academy, an American school in Taiwan

Professional courses

* Microsoft Certified Architect, a certification available from Microsoft * Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments—Series II, a standardized test in Minnesota

Legal

* Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act, a US financial statute passed in 1980 * Mental Capacity Act 2005, an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom applying to England and Wales * Military Commissions Act of 2006, US legislation

Organizations

* Maharashtra Chess Association *

Malaysian Chinese Association The Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA; zh, 马来西亚华人公会; ; ta, மலேசிய சீனர் சங்கம், initially known as the Malayan Chinese Association) is a uni-racial political party in Malaysia that seeks to ...

, a political party in Malaysia *

Maritime and Coastguard Agency The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) is an executive agency of the United Kingdom that responsible for implementing British and international maritime law and safety policy. It works to prevent the loss of lives at sea and to prevent marine ...

, an agency of the United Kingdom Government * Medal Collectors of America *Medicines Control Agency, which merged with the Medical Devices Agency to become the

Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is an executive agency of the Department of Health and Social Care in the United Kingdom which is responsible for ensuring that medicines and medical devices work and are acceptably ...

Metal Construction Association The Metal Construction Association (MCA) is an industry organization in the US that was formed in 1984 with a focus on expanding the use of metal in construction through marketing, education and selective action on public policies that affect metal ...

Millennium Challenge Account The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is a bilateral United States foreign aid agency established by the U.S. Congress in 2004. It is an independent agency separate from the State Department and USAID. It provides grants to countries that ...

, a U.S. program for aid to developing countries *

Ministry of Corporate Affairs The Ministry of Corporate Affairs is an Indian government ministry primarily concerned with administration of the Companies Act 2013, the Companies Act 1956, the Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008, and the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 201 ...

, an Indian government ministry *

MultiCultural Aotearoa MultiCultural Aotearoa (MCA) is an anti-fascist group that was formed in 2004 in response to racist attacks in the New Zealand capital, Wellington. Its main policies are to: *Oppose the actions of the New Zealand National Front (NZNF) *Oppose hu ...

, a New Zealand political action group *

Mumbai Cricket Association The Mumbai Cricket Association (formerly Bombay Cricket Association) is the governing body for cricket in Mumbai and surrounding regions such as Thane and Navi Mumbai. Its headquarter is situated at Cricket centre in Churchgate, Mumbai. It go ...

, ruling body for cricket in Mumbai * Multicore Association, an industry association regrouping companies and universities interested in multicore computing research. * Museum of Contemporary Art (disambiguation), numerous museums around the world

People

* Adam Yauch (1964–2012), a.k.a. "MCA", of the Beastie Boys *

Michiel van den Bos Michiel "M.C.A." van den Bos (born 23 May 1975) is a Dutch musician who composes primarily for Epic Games and Triumph Studios. He began composing on the Commodore 64 and Amiga before making the transition to composing professional soundtracks f ...

(born 1975), a.k.a. "M.C.A.", Dutch composer * Chris Avellone (born 1971), a.k.a. "MCA", American video game designer

Sports

MC Alger Mouloudia Club d'Alger ( ar, نادي مولودية الجزائر), referred to as MC Alger or MCA for short, is an Algerian football club based in Algiers. The club was founded in 1921 and its colours are red, green and white. Their home sta ...

, a football club based in Algiers, Algeria * Manitoba Curling Association, Manitoba, Canada * Maharashtra Cricket Association, Pune, India ** Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune, India *

, Mumbai, India

Technology

* Machine Check Architecture, a method for a CPU to report hardware errors to an operating system * Maximum credible accident, a postulated scenario that a nuclear facility must be able to withstand *

Micro Channel architecture Micro Channel architecture, or the Micro Channel bus, is a proprietary 16- or 32-bit parallel computer bus introduced by IBM in 1987 which was used on PS/2 and other computers until the mid-1990s. Its name is commonly abbreviated as "MCA", alth ...

, a type of computer bus * Mitsubishi MCA, an emissions control approach for gasoline-powered vehicles during the 1970s *

Movable cellular automaton The movable cellular automaton (MCA) method is a method in Computational mechanics, computational solid mechanics based on the discrete concept. It provides advantages both of classical cellular automaton and discrete element method, discrete ele ...

* Multichannel analyzer, instrument recording pulse counts at a range of (esp. photon energy) levels

Other uses

* Medieval Climate Anomaly * Metropolitan Church Association, Methodist denomination in the holiness movement * ''Motor Coach Age'', the magazine of the

Motor Bus Society The Motor Bus Society (MBS) is a United States-based non-profit organization formed by a voluntary association of persons who share an interest in buses and bus transportation in North America and, in particular, the history of the same. Founded in ...

Multiple correspondence analysis In statistics, multiple correspondence analysis (MCA) is a data analysis technique for nominal categorical data, used to detect and represent underlying structures in a data set. It does this by representing data as points in a low-dimensional Eucli ...

* The

Maká language Maká is a Matacoan language spoken in Paraguay by the Maká people. Its 1,500 speakers live primarily in Presidente Hayes Department near the Río Negro, as well as in and around Asunción. Phonology Velar consonants alternate with palatal ...

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