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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RA, as an inseparable prefix or preposition, is the Latin re, coming to us through the Italian and French, and primarily signifying again, repetition. [See Re.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores [syn: radium, Ra, atomic number 88]
2: ancient Egyptian sun god with the head of a hawk; a universal creator; he merged with the god Amen as Amen-Ra to become the king of the gods [syn: Ra, Re]
3: (astronomy) the equatorial coordinate specifying the angle, measured eastward along the celestial equator, from the vernal equinox to the intersection of the hour circle that passes through an object in the sky; usually expressed in hours and minutes and seconds; used with declination to specify positions on the celestial sphere; "one hour of right ascension equals fifteen degrees" [syn: right ascension, RA, celestial longitude]

Merriam Webster's

abbreviation range

Merriam Webster's

abbreviation 1. regular army 2. right ascension 3. Royal Academician; Royal Academy

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Egyptian r‘ Date: 1877 the Egyptian sun god and chief deity II. symbol radium

Oxford Reference Dictionary

abbr. 1 a (in the UK) Royal Academy. b (in the UK) Royal Academician. 2 (in the UK) Royal Artillery. 3 right ascension.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

symb. Chem. the element radium.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ra Ra, n. A roe; a deer. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Dictionary of Ro

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Moby Thesaurus

Amen-Ra, Anubis, Apollo, Bast, Helios, Horus, Hyperion, Isis, Khem, Min, Neph, Nephthys, Nut, Osiris, Phoebus, Phoebus Apollo, Ptah, Savitar, Set, Shamash, Sol, Surya, Thoth, Titan