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EPA

Definition: EPA

EPA

Noun

1. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"EPA" is a common misspelling or typo for: epee, epic, era, pea.

 

Specialty Definitions: EPA

DomainDefinitions

Agriculture

Environmental Protection Agency. (references)

Census

Designation for the (Environmental Protection Agency). (references)

Energy

The Environmental Protection Agency. Afederal agency charged with protecting the environment. (references)

Geological

Established on December 2, 1970, the EPA is charged with protecting and enhancing the environment for present and future generations to the fullest extent possible under Congressional law with responsibilities including the control of solid waste, pesticides, radiation, and toxic substances, and the abatement of air and water pollution. The EPA coordinates research and antipollution activities with State and local governments, educational institutions, private and public groups, and individuals. For further information, contact: EPA Region V EPA Region VII (Environmental Protection Agency). (references)

Health

United States Environmental Protection Agency. (references)

Science

U.S. agency that ensures: Federal environmental laws are implemented and enforced effectively; U.S. policy--both foreign and domestic--fosters the integration of economic development and environmental protection so that economic growth can be sustained over the long term; public and private decisions affecting energy, transportation, agriculture, industry, international trade, and natural resources fully integrate considerations of environmental quality; national efforts to reduce environmental risk are based on the best available scientific information communicated clearly to the public; everyone in our society recognizes the value of preventing pollution before it is created; people have the information and incentives they need to make environmentally-responsible choices in their daily lives; and schools and community institutions promote environmental stewardship as a national ethic. (Environmental Protection Agency). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: EPA

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

EPA

DutchEuropees ProductiviteitsagentschapN/A

EPA

EnglishErythroid potentiating activityN/A

EPA

Frenchéquipement privé d'abonnéPost & Telecom

EPA

ItalianAcido eicosapentanoicoChemistry

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonym: EPA

Synonym: Environmental Protection Agency (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: EPA

Non-English Usage: "EPA" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Welsh (ape, monkey).

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Commercial Usage: EPA

DomainTitle

Books

  • Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Technician's Epa Certification Guide (reference)

  • Environmental Change: Federal Courts and the Epa (reference)

  • EPA Environmental Assessment Sourcebook (reference)

  • Examen De Certification De LA Agencia Epa Manual Preparatorio Para Tecnicos En Refrigeration Y Aire Acondicionado Lay Federal De Aire Limpio Seccion (reference)

  • Guide to the EPA Refrigerant Handling Certification Exam (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: EPA

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

When distinct burrow systems are apparent, fleas can be controlled with a duster using 0.5% permethrin, or other EPA registered insecticidal dust. Such actions are taken when epizootic areas are in close proximity to human populations.Credit: CDC.

The EPA confined disposal facility.Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

A RI EPA vessel was donated for the 1997 transplant operation. The staging area was off Prudence Island.Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

The transplant team on the EPA boat after the transplant process.Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: EPA

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

See the EPA website for detailed answers to the questions about pesticides used for mosquito control. (references)

Business

With the inauguration of President Chen Shui Bian, on May 21, 2000, new leadership at the Taiwan EPA has made resolving Taiwan's industrial waste crisis a top priority for his administration. (references)

The main role of the Federal Government, through Environment Australia (the Australian equivalent of the U.S. EPA), is to manage greenhouse responsibilities under agreements such as the Kyoto Protocol. (references)

However, on July 2000, the New South Wales Environmental Protection Authority (NSW EPA) introduced load-based license (LBL) fees. Under LBL fees, companies that are able to reduce their emissions below agreed levels pay a smaller fee. Other states, such as the ACT, Queensland and South Australia, are now considering a similar fee system. (references)

Economic History

Kuwait

The EPA is focussing on the following waste subsectors: refinery sludge in the oil sector, municipal waste, solid hazardous and medical waste, and industrial waste to improve current technology and equipment capabilities. (references)

Human Rights

United Kingdom

Provisions of the EPA extended under the 2000 Terrorism Act set lower standards for the use of uncorroborated confessions in Northern Ireland than in normal cases, and such confessions have in the past been used as the sole basis for conviction. (references)

Political Economy

Guyana

Under the EPA legislation, projects that affect the environment must submit an environmental impact assessment in order to gain the necessary EPA approval. (references)

Trade

Nepal

However, any industry exporting 90 percent or more of its products is entitled to privileges equivalent to those normally provided by an EPA; i.e., no tax, duty or fee is levied on the machinery, tools and raw materials utilized by the industry in manufacturing the export products. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: EPA

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989Though this is a time of budget constraints, I have requested for EPA one of the largest percentage budget increases of any agency.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: EPA

"EPA" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 42.14% of the time. "EPA" is used about 140 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)42.14%5944,010
Noun (proper)40%5645,296
Noun (common)17.86%2569,787
                    Total100.00%140N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: EPA

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "EPA": epa-approved.

Ending with "EPA": Us-epa.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: EPA

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

epa

2,783

epa radon

14

ohio epa

240

epa region 9

14

us epa

113

florida epa

14

illinois epa

95

epa fuel economy

13

epa certification

49

epa logo

12

california epa

42

epa region 5

12

cal epa

30

agency environmental epa protection

12

epa job

26

texas epa

12

epa dha

24

epa government

11

epa test

22

epa region 10

11

epa regulation

20

epa region 8

11

epa ezhire

20

epa form

11

epa gas mileage

19

epa certification exam

10

epa traktor

19

epa mold

10

epa mileage

19

epa form r

10

epa report

18

4 epa region

10

epa u.s

17

epa grant

10

epa region 6

15

7 epa region

10

epa pesticide

15

georgia epa

9

epa standard

15

il epa

9
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: EPA

Language Translations for "EPA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

German

  

beste zur Verfuegung stehende und wirtschaftlich erreichbare Technik (BATEA, best available technology economically achievable, this second set of EPA standards is considered by EPA to be consistent with "Best Available Technology Economically Achievable"(BATEA)for existing plants). (various references)

   

Italian

  

La migliore tecnologia disponibile ed utilizzabile in modo economico (BATEA, best available technology economically achievable, this second set of EPA standards is considered by EPA to be consistent with "Best Available Technology Economically Achievable"(BATEA)for existing plants). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

epaay

   

Portuguese

  

a melhor tecnologia disponível realizável economicamente (BATEA, best available technology economically achievable, this second set of EPA standards is considered by EPA to be consistent with "Best Available Technology Economically Achievable"(BATEA)for existing plants). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

агентство по охране окружающей среды. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

mejor tecnología disponible económicamente obtenible (BATEA, best available technology economically achievable, this second set of EPA standards is considered by EPA to be consistent with "Best Available Technology Economically Achievable"(BATEA)for existing plants). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: EPA

Derivations

Words beginning with "EPA": epact, epacts, eparch, eparchies, eparchs, eparchy, epaulet, epaulets, epaulette, epauletted, epaulettes, epazote, epazotes. (additional references)

Words ending with "EPA": metepa, tepa, thiotepa. (additional references)

Words containing "EPA": addlepated, antepast, antepasts, antiseparatist, antiseparatists, bepaint, bepainted, bepainting, bepaints, cheeseparing, cheeseparings, conepate, conepates, conepatl, conepatls, creepage, creepages, depaint, depainted, depainting, depaints, depart, departed, departee, departees, departing, department, departmental, departmentalization, departmentalizations, departmentalize, departmentalized, departmentalizes, departmentalizing, departmentally, departments, departs, departure, departures, depauperate, diazepam, diazepams, discrepancies, discrepancy, discrepant, discrepantly, disrepair, disrepairs, extrahepatic, firepan, firepans. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: EPA

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: ape, pea.

Words within the letters "a-e-p"

-1 letter: ae, pa, pe.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-p"
 

+1 letter: aped, aper, apes, apex, apse, cape, epha, gape, heap, jape, leap, nape, neap, pace, page, pale, pane, pare, pase, pate, pave, peag, peak, peal, pean, pear, peas, peat, plea, rape, reap, spae, tape, tepa.

 

+2 letters: adept, agape, aleph, ample, apace, apeak, apeek, apers, apery, apnea, appel, apple, apres, apses, apter, arpen, aspen, asper, becap, caped, caper, capes, chape, cheap, crape, drape, epact, ephah, ephas, etape, expat, gaped, gaper, gapes, grape, heaps, japed, japer, japes, lapel, lapse, leaps, leapt, lepta, maple, napes, nappe, neaps, opera, paced, pacer, paces, padle, padre, paean, paeon, paged, pager, pages, paise, palea, paled, paler, pales, palet, paned, panel, panes, panne, paper, parae, pared, pareo, parer, pares, pareu, parge, parle, parse, parve, paseo, pases, passe, paste, pated, paten, pater, pates, pause, paved, paver, paves, pawed, pawer, paxes, payed, payee, payer, peace, peach, peage, peags, peaks, peaky, peals, peans, pearl, pears, peart, pease, peats, peaty, peavy, pecan, pedal, pekan, penal, penna, pepla, perea, petal, phage, phase, pieta, pilea, place, plage, plane, plate, plead, pleas, pleat, plena, prase, prate, presa, psoae, pupae, raped, raper, rapes, raphe, reaps, recap, remap, repay, salep, scape, sepal, sepia, septa, shape, sneap, space, spade, spaed, spaes, spake, spale, spare, spate, speak, spean, spear, taped, taper, tapes, taupe, tepal, tepas.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: EPA


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 50 41

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01010000 01000001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#80 &#65

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0050 0041

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

395035

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Quotations: Speeches
8. Usage Frequency
9. Expressions
10. Expressions: Internet
11. Translations: Modern
12. Abbreviations
13. Acronyms
14. Derivations
15. Anagrams
16. Orthography
17. Bibliography


  

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