AAD

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aad"

Translingual

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AAD

1. A designation on prerecorded compact discs indicating that the contents were recorded and mixed in analog before being mastered to a digital medium; compare ADD, DAD, DDD.
2. (international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Adado Airport, which serves Adado, Galmudug, Somalia.

English

Proper noun

AAD

1. Initialism of American Academy of Dentists.
2. Initialism of American Academy of Dermatology.
3. Initialism of Australian Antarctic Division.
   • 2023 January 15, Graham Readfearn, “Time tunnel: why an Australian expedition is drilling through 2.6km of Antarctic ice”, in The Guardian‎:

     For the next four or five years, a special drill designed at the AAD will slice through the ice pulling up 3-metre cores at a time until the drill hits bedrock, almost 3km down. […] The idea to go chasing the world’s oldest ice was included in a 2013 report from Dr Tony Press, the former AAD director and Antarctic scientist who set out what Australia’s priorities on the vast continent should be.

4. (Azure, Microsoft) Initialism of Azure Active Directory.

Noun

AAD (plural AADs)

1. Initialism of Aircraft Assignment Directive.
2. Initialism of automatic activation device.
3. (military) Initialism of Anti-aircraft division.
4. (military) Initialism of Army Air Defense.
5. (military) Initialism of Airborne Assault Division.
6. (military, historical) Initialism of Armored Automobile Detachment.

Anagrams

• A. D. A., A.D.A., ADA, Ada

German

Etymology

translingual AAD.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːʔaːˈdeː/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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AAD

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Further reading

• “AAD” in Duden online