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FPA

Specialty Definition: FPA

Domain	Definition
Computing	FPA 1. floating-point accelerator. 2. Function Point Analysis. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Abbreviations & Acronyms: FPA

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.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
FPA	Dutch	Flexibele produktie-automatisering	Computing, Engineering & Technology
FPA	English	Fast Packet Adaption	Computer - (FPS, FPR)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Crosswords: FPA

Specialty definitions using "FPA": Function Point Analysis ♦ TLAs. (references)

Modern Usage: FPA

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Mia Antonia me FPA (1985)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Commercial Usage: FPA

Domain	Title
References	FPA Medical Management, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Morningstar Mutual Fund Report: FPA Paramount [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference) Thomson Financial Mutual Fund Report : FPRAX: FPA Paramount Fund [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Usage Frequency: FPA

"FPA" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "FPA" is used about 5 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 Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	5	157,705

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

Usage in Company Names: FPA

Country	Name
USA	FPA Medical Management, Inc.
	(more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

Expressions: FPA

Expressions using "FPA": FPA unless ♦ FPA unless caused by. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Frequency of Internet Keywords: FPA

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.

Expression	Frequency per Day
fpa	96
fpa funds	9
fpa medical management	3
capital fpa	3
capital fpa fund	2
crescent fpa	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Modern Translation: FPA

Language		Translations for "FPA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		fri for særligt havari med mindre forårsaget af (FPA unless caused by, free of particular average unless caused by), fri for særligt havari med mindre (FPA unless, free of particular average unless). (various references)

Dutch		vrij van averij-particulier behalve veroorzaakt door (FPA unless caused by, free of particular average unless caused by), vrij van averij-particulier behalve (FPA unless, free of particular average unless). (various references)

French		franc d'avaries particulières sauf causées par (FPA unless caused by), franc d'avaries particulières sauf (FPA unless). (various references)

German		frei von Beschädigung außer verursacht durch (FPA unless caused by, free of particular average unless caused by), frei von Beschädigung außer (FPA unless, free of particular average unless). (various references)

Greek		κάλυψη ελεύθερα μερικής αβαρίας εκτός αν η ζημιά προκλήθηκε από την προσάραξη του πλοίου (FPA unless caused by, free of particular average unless caused by), κάλυψη ελεύθερα μερικής αβαρίας εκτός αν το πλοίο προσαράξει (FPA unless, free of particular average unless). (various references)

Italian		franco avaria particolare se non causata direttamente da (FPA unless caused by, free of particular average unless caused by), franco avaria particolare salvo (FPA unless, free of particular average unless). (various references)

Pig Latin		afpay

Portuguese		livre de avaria particular,excepto (FPA unless caused by, free of particular average unless caused by), livre de avaria particular salvo se (FPA unless, free of particular average unless). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: FPA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-f-p"
	-1 letter: fa, pa.
	Words containing the letters "a-f-p"
	+1 letter: flap, frap.
	+2 letters: flaps, fraps, pilaf.
	+3 letters: capful, faceup, flappy, frappe, frypan, lapful, pacify, panfry, panful, payoff, piaffe, pilaff, pilafs, prefab, upwaft.
	+4 letters: amplify, capfuls, cowflap, earflap, felspar, firepan, flapped, flapper, flareup, flatcap, flattop, fleapit, flypast, flytrap, footpad, forepaw, frapped, frappes, frypans, lapfuls, mudflap, offramp, opacify, pacific, pailful, painful, palfrey, panfish, panfuls, parfait, payoffs, peafowl, piaffed, piaffer, piaffes, pilaffs, pitfall, plafond, playful, playoff, pooftah, prefabs, preface, prefade, profane, updraft, upwafts.
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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Modern
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Usage Frequency

5. Names: Company Usage
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern

9. Abbreviations
10. Acronyms
11. Anagrams
12. Bibliography

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