SMA or S.M.A. may refer to:

Places

American Samoa American Samoa is an Territories of the United States, unincorporated and unorganized territory of the United States located in the Polynesia region of the Pacific Ocean, South Pacific Ocean. Centered on , it is southeast of the island count ...

, ITU letter code * Santa Maria Airport (Azores) (IATA code) *

San Miguel de Allende San Miguel de Allende () is the principal city in the Municipalities of Mexico, municipality of San Miguel de Allende (municipality), San Miguel de Allende, located in the far eastern part of Guanajuato, Mexico. A part of the Bajío region, the t ...

, Mexico

People

Sergeant Major of the Army The sergeant major of the Army (SMA) is a unique noncommissioned rank and position of office in the United States Army. The holder of this rank and position is the most senior enlisted soldier in the Army, unless an enlisted soldier is servin ...

, U.S. *

Sima (Chinese surname) Sima (, ) is a Chinese family name. It is one of the rare Chinese compound surname, two-character Chinese family names; most Chinese family names consist of only a single Chinese character, character. It is an occupational surname, literally meanin ...

, or Sma *

Joshua Falk Yehoshua ben Alexander HaCohen Falk (1555 – 29 March 1614) was a Polish Halakhist and Talmudist, best known as the author of the ''Drisha'' and ''Prisha'' commentaries on the ''Arba'ah Turim'' as well as ''Sefer Me'irat Enayim'' (סמ"ע) on ...

, known as ''SM"A''

Finance

* Separately managed account, types of investment account *

Special memorandum account Special memorandum account (SMA) is a margin Margin may refer to: Physical or graphical edges *Margin (typography), the white space that surrounds the content of a page * Continental margin, the zone of the ocean floor that separates the thin oce ...

, used regarding US Regulation T

Organisations

* Scouts Musulmans Algériens, the Algerian Muslim Scouts *

Sharjah Museums Authority The Sharjah Museums Authority (SMA), formerly named Sharjah Museums Department (SMD), is a government agency in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. The organization was established by Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi in 2006. The authority's ...

SMA Engines SMA Engines (Société de Motorisations Aéronautiques) is a French manufacturer of diesel engines The diesel engine, named after the German engineer Rudolf Diesel, is an internal combustion engine in which ignition of diesel fuel is cau ...

, a diesel aircraft engine manufacturer *

SMA Solar Technology SMA Solar Technology AG (meaning "System-, Mess- and Anlagentechnik") is a German solar energy equipment supplier founded in 1981 and headquartered in Niestetal, Northern Hesse, Germany. SMA is a producer and manufacturer of solar inverters for ...

Society of African Missions The Society of African Missions (; ), also known as the SMA Fathers, is a Catholic religious society of apostolic life of pontifical right for men founded by Melchior de Marion Brésillac in 1856. They serve the people of Africa and those of ...

, a Catholic missionary organization * Society of Makeup Artists, post-nominal letters

Education

* Saint Mary's Academy, Dominica * '' Sekolah Menengah Atas'', Indonesian for "senior secondary school" * San Marcos Baptist Academy, Texas, US *

Sarasota Military Academy Sarasota Military Academy (SMA) is a military academy charter school founded in 2002 in Sarasota, Florida. The academy consists of a middle school and a high school. The school's athletic teams compete as the Eagles. Other extracurricular activit ...

, Florida, US * Science and Mathematics Academy, a program at Aberdeen High School, Maryland, US * Former

Staunton Military Academy Staunton Military Academy was a private all-male Military academy, military school located in Staunton, Virginia. Founded in 1884, the academy closed in 1976. The school was highly regarded for its academic and military programs, and many notable ...

, Charles Town, Virginia, US

Science, engineering and technology

Shape-memory alloy In metallurgy, a shape-memory alloy (SMA) is an alloy that can be deformed when cold but returns to its pre-deformed ("remembered") shape when heated. It is also known in other names such as memory metal, memory alloy, smart metal, smart alloy, ...

, that returns to its shape when heated *

Signal magnitude area In mathematics, the signal magnitude area (abbreviated SMA or sma) is a statistical measure of the magnitude of a varying quantity. Definition The SMA value of a set of values (or a continuous-time waveform) is the normalized integral of the orig ...

, a statistical measure of magnitude *

Stone mastic asphalt Stone mastic asphalt (SMA), also called stone-matrix asphalt, was developed in Germany in the 1960s with the first SMA pavements being placed in 1968 near Kiel. It provides a deformation-resistant, durable surfacing material, suitable for heavily t ...

, a type of road surface *

Styrene maleic anhydride Styrene maleic anhydride (SMA or SMAnh) is a synthetic polymer that is built-up of styrene and maleic anhydride monomers A monomer ( ; ''wikt:mono-, mono-'', "one" + ''wikt:-mer, -mer'', "part") is a molecule that can chemical reaction, react ...

, a synthetic polymer *

Submillimeter Array The Submillimeter Array (SMA) consists of eight diameter radio telescopes arranged as an interferometer for submillimetre astronomy, submillimeter wavelength observations. It is the first purpose-built submillimeter interferometer, constructed a ...

, radio telescopes in Mauna Kea, Hawaii, US

Computing and electronics

SMA* SMA* or Simplified Memory Bounded A* is a shortest path algorithm based on the A* algorithm. The main advantage of SMA* is that it uses a bounded memory, while the A* algorithm might need exponential memory. All other characteristics of SMA* are ...

(Simplified Memory-bounded Algorithm), a shortest path algorithm *

SMA connector SMA (''SubMiniature version A'') connectors are semi-precision coaxial RF connectors developed in the 1960s as a minimal connector interface for coaxial cable with a screw-type coupling mechanism. The connector has a 50 Ω impedance. SMA w ...

(SubMiniature version A), a coaxial RF connector * SMA 905 or F-SMA I, SMA 906 or F-SMA II, an

optical fiber connector An optical fiber connector is a device used to link optical fibers, facilitating the efficient transmission of light signals. An optical fiber connector enables quicker connection and disconnection than splicing. They come in various types li ...

* SMA or DO-214AC, a variant of the

DO-214 DO-214 is a standard that specifies a group of semiconductor packages for surface-mounted diodes A diode is a two- terminal electronic component that conducts electric current primarily in one direction (asymmetric conductance). It has lo ...

diode package *

Surface-mount assembly Surface-mount technology (SMT), originally called planar mounting, is a method in which the electrical components are mounted directly onto the surface of a printed circuit board (PCB). An electrical component mounted in this manner is referred ...

, in electronics

Medicine and biology

* Standard methods agar or

plate count agar Plate count agar (PCA), also called standard methods agar (SMA), is a microbiological growth medium commonly used to assess or to monitor "total" or viable bacterial growth of a sample. PCA is not a selective medium. The total number of living ae ...

* SMA, several medical abbreviations * SMA 12, SMA 20 and SMAC, previous names of

Comprehensive metabolic panel The comprehensive metabolic panel, or chemical screen (CMP; CPT code 80053), is a panel of 14 blood tests that serves as an initial broad medical screening tool. The CMP provides a rough check of kidney function, liver function, diabetic and p ...

blood tests * α-SMA or

ACTA2 ACTA2 (actin alpha 2) is an actin protein with several aliases including alpha-actin, alpha-actin-2, aortic smooth muscle or alpha smooth muscle actin (α-SMA, SMactin, alpha-SM-actin, ASMA). Actins are a family of globular multi-functional pr ...

, an actin protein *

Spinal muscular atrophy Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a rare neuromuscular disorder that results in the loss of motor neurons and progressive muscle wasting. It is usually diagnosed in infancy or early childhood and if left untreated it is the most common geneti ...

, a severe neuromuscular disorder * Spinal muscular atrophies, a heterogeneous group of rare disorders *

Superior mesenteric artery In human anatomy, the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) is an artery which arises from the anterior surface of the abdominal aorta, just inferior to the origin of the celiac trunk, and supplies blood to the intestine from the lower part of the ...

Supplementary motor area The supplementary motor area (SMA) is a part of the motor cortex of primates that contributes to the control of movement. It is located on the midline surface of the hemisphere just in front of (anterior to) the primary motor cortex leg representa ...

, of the primate brain

Mathematics

Simple moving average In statistics, a moving average (rolling average or running average or moving mean or rolling mean) is a calculation to analyze data points by creating a series of averages of different selections of the full data set. Variations include: simple ...

, in statistics

Music

Seoul Music Awards The Seoul Music Awards (; SMA) is a major South Korean music awards show presented by the newspaper Seoul Shinmun, ''Sports Seoul''. The award winners are selected based on a combination of criteria, including music sales, popular votes, and exp ...

* "Sma", a 1999 song from the '' Point No. 1'' album by band Chevelle

Other uses

* Simulated milk adapted, an

infant formula Infant formula, also called baby formula, simply formula (American English), formula milk, baby milk, or infant milk (British English), is a manufactured food designed and marketed for feeding to babies and infants under 12 months of age, ...

**SMA, Nestlé brand of baby milk *

Southern Sami language Southern may refer to: Businesses * China Southern Airlines, airline based in Guangzhou, China * Southern Airways, defunct US airline * Southern Air, air cargo transportation company based in Norwalk, Connecticut, US * Southern Airways Express ...

(ISO 639-2 language code)