MDA, mda or variants may refer to:

Businesses and organizations

Political parties

* Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (2003–2008), in India * Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (2018–present), in India *

Movement for Democracy in Africa The Movement for Democracy in Africa (french: Mouvement pour la Démocratie en Afrique, MDA) is a political party in Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in ...

, in Burkina Faso

Businesses and other organizations

* MDA (company), a Canadian space technology company * Magen David Adom, Israel's emergency medical, disaster, ambulance and blood bank service *

Malaysia Design Archive The Malaysia Design Archive (MDA) is a non-profit private organization base in Kuala Lumpur oriented towards various projects to document, discuss, and preserve Malaysian Design. Its leading team members are Ezrena Marwan, Jac Sm Kee, and Simon ...

, a non-profit private organization *

Media Development Authority The Media Development Authority (abbreviation: MDA) was a statutory board of the Singapore Government, under the Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI). History MDA was formed on 1 January 2003 by the merger of Singapore Broadcasting ...

, in Singapore * Medical Devices Agency, now part of

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 ...

, in the UK * Minnesota Department of Agriculture, in the U.S. * Missile Defense Agency, an agency of the U.S. Department of Defense *

Muscular Dystrophy Association The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) is an American 501(c)(3) umbrella organization that works to support people with neuromuscular diseases. Founded in 1950 by Paul Cohen, who lived with muscular dystrophy, it works to combat neuromuscular di ...

, an American organization * Museum Documentation Association, now Collections Trust, a British charity *

Myanmar Dental Association The Myanmar Dental Association ( my, မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ သွားနှင့်ခံတွင်း ဆရာဝန်အသင်း; MDA) is a professional association established in 1979 which has more than 4,000 membe ...

, a professional association

People

A. P. Mda Ashby Solomzi Peter Mda (6 April 1916 – 7 August 1993), also known as A. P. Mda was a South African teacher, lawyer, political activist and co founder of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL). He was also one of the founders of the ...

(1916-1993) South African political activist *

Zakes Mda Zakes Mda ( ), legally Zanemvula Kizito Gatyeni Mda (born 1948) is a South African novelist, poet and playwright and he is the son of politician A. P. Mda. He has won major South African and British literary awards for his novels and plays. He i ...

(born 1948) South African author

Science and technology

Computing and electronics

MDA framework In game design the Mechanics-Dynamics-Aesthetics (MDA) framework is a tool used to analyze games. It formalizes the properties of games by breaking them down into three components: Mechanics, Dynamics and Aesthetics. These three words have been ...

(Mechanics-Dynamics-Aesthetics), a tool used to analyze games * Message delivery agent, software to route e-mails * Mechanical design automation, a branch of

computer-aided design Computer-aided design (CAD) is the use of computers (or ) to aid in the creation, modification, analysis, or optimization of a design. This software is used to increase the productivity of the designer, improve the quality of design, improve c ...

* Microconnect distributed antenna, a kind of transmitter/receiver *

T-Mobile MDA T-Mobile MDA (Mobile Digital Assistant) is a series of T-Mobile-branded phones manufactured by HTC Corporation of Taiwan: {, class="wikitable sortable" , - , +United States models , - !Phone !Brand by !of original model !Availability(HTC) !Operat ...

(Mobile Digital Assistant), a mobile phone * Model-driven architecture, a software design approach * IBM Monochrome Display Adapter, a video display card and computer display standard

Chemistry

3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine 3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine (also known as MDA and sass) is an empathogen-entactogen, psychostimulant, and psychedelic drug of the amphetamine family that is encountered mainly as a recreational drug. In terms of pharmacology, MDA acts mo ...

, known as MDA, a recreational drug *

4,4'-Methylenedianiline 4,4′-Methylenedianiline (MDA) is an organic compound with the formula CH2(C6H4NH2)2. It is a colorless solid, although commercial samples can appear yellow or brown. It is produced on an industrial scale, mainly as a precursor to polyurethanes. ...

, an industrial chemical * Malondialdehyde, an organic compound * Medium-density amorphous ice, a phase of ice *

Metal deactivator Metal deactivators, or metal deactivating agents (MDA) are fuel additives and oil additives used to stabilize fluids by deactivating (usually by sequestrant, sequestering) metal ions, mostly introduced by the action of naturally occurring acids in ...

or metal deactivating agent, stabilising fuel additive

Other uses in science and technology

* MDa, mega Dalton (unit), a non-SI unit of mass * Mass drug administration *

Mean directional accuracy Mean directional accuracy (MDA), also known as mean direction accuracy, is a measure of prediction accuracy of a forecasting method in statistics. It compares the forecast direction (upward or downward) to the actual realized direction. It is defin ...

, a measure of prediction accuracy of a forecasting method in statistics * Mesocyclone detection algorithm * Minimum detectable activity, in whole-body counting measuring radioactivity *

Multiple discriminant analysis Multiple Discriminant Analysis (MDA) is a multivariate dimensionality reduction technique. It has been used to predict signals as diverse as neural memory traces and corporate failure. MDA is not directly used to perform classification. It merel ...

, a multivariate dimensionality reduction technique *

Multiple displacement amplification Multiple displacement amplification (MDA) is a DNA amplification technique. This method can rapidly amplify minute amounts of DNA samples to a reasonable quantity for genomic analysis. The reaction starts by annealing random hexamer primers to the ...

, a DNA amplification technique

Other uses

* Moldova, a country in Europe, ISO 3166-1 country code MDA * ''MDA'' (TV series), an Australian TV show * MD&A, management discussion and analysis, part of a financial statement * Maritime domain awareness, understanding the maritime domain that could impact security, safety, economy, or environment * Master of Defence Administration, a degree awarded by Cranfield School of Management * '' Methods, data, analyses'', academic journal for survey methodology * Minimum descent altitude in an instrument approach in aviation *

Mada language Mada is a regionally important language spoken in Nasarawa and southern Kaduna States of Middle Belt, Nigeria, with many dialects. It is a highly tonal language. A translation of the New Testament into the language was finished in 1999. The Nu ...

, ISO 939-3 language code mda * Leica MDa, a variant of the Leica M1 camera