FromE(“exa-”) +A(“ampere”).
EA
- (metrology)Symbol forexaampere, anSI unit ofelectrical current equal to 1018amperes.
EA
- (international standards)Exceptionally reservedISO 3166-1alpha-2country code forCeuta and Melilla.
This is anexceptionally reserved code, included as part ofISO 3166-1 on the request of theWorld Customs Organization for the purpose of demarcating a part ofSpain that is not part of theEuropean Union Customs Union, and is not endorsed for general use by theISO outside of that purpose.
EA (countable anduncountable,pluralEAs)
- Initialism ofexecutiveassistant.
- Initialism ofestate agent.
- (US)Initialism ofenrolled agent.
- (Canada)Initialism ofeducational assistant.
- (organic chemistry)Initialism ofethyl acetate.
2006, Gordon L. Robertson, “Structure and Related Properties of Plastic Polymers”, inFood Packaging: Principles and Practice, 2nd edition, CRC Press,→ISBN, page25:For copolymers of ethylene, the other comonomer can be an alkene such as propene, butene, hexene or octene, or a compound having a polar functional group such as vinyl acetate (VA), acrylic acid (AA), ethyl acetate (EA), methyl acrylate (MA) or vinyl alcohol (VOH).
- (law)Initialism ofenvironmental assessment.
- Coordinate term:EIS
2024 August 19, “LAKETOWN 115-kV TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT IN CARVER COUNTY, MN”, inGreat River Energy[1], page23:After theEA is issued, a public hearing and associated public comment period will be held to again solicit public input and to create an administrative record.
- (computing)Initialism ofenterprise architecture.
- (computing, biology)Initialism ofevolutionary algorithm.
- (philosophy)Initialism ofeffective altruism.
2022 September 9, Theodore Leinwand, “Neartermism and longtermism aren’t at odds”, inThe Washington Post[2], archived fromthe original on29 May 2025:[…] Christine Emba’s Sept. 6 op-ed, “The trouble with ‘longtermism,’ ” countered this philosophy’s occasional fanaticism with glib reductiveness. Moreover, she tarred with the same brush the spirit of the entire effective altruism (EA) movement — the giveaway at the start is thatEA is derided for being “obsessed with ‘doing good better.’ ”
2022 December 9,Jennifer Szalai, “Effective Altruism Warned of Risks. Did It Also Incentivize Them?”, inThe New York Times[3], archived fromthe original on9 December 2022:This is the language of effective altruism — orE.A. — a philanthropic movement premised on the use of reason and data to do good. Bankman-Fried had long flaunted hisE.A. bona fides to distinguish himself from other crypto billionaires.
- (philosophy)Initialism ofeffective altruist.
EA
- Initialism ofEnvironment Agency.
- (Islam)Initialism ofEid al-Adha.
- Initialism ofEast Africa.
- (video games)Initialism ofElectronic Arts.
2021 February 1, Rishi Iyengar, “Google will stop making video games for its Stadia platform”, inCNN Business[4]:Jade Raymond, the executive in charge of SG&E who previously worked at Sony (SNE), Electronic Arts (EA) and Ubisoft (UBSFF), will leave Google (GOOG) to “pursue other opportunities,” Harrison added.
