Adi or ADI may refer to:

Abbreviations

Acceptable daily intake Acceptable daily intake or ADI is a measure of the amount of a specific substance (originally applied for a food additive, later also for a residue of a veterinary drug or pesticide) in food or drinking water that can be ingested (orally) daily ove ...

, in health and medicine * Acting detective inspector, a type of police

inspector Inspector, also police inspector or inspector of police, is a police rank. The rank or position varies in seniority depending on the organization that uses it. Australia The rank of Inspector is present in all Australian police forces excep ...

* Africa Development Indicators, a compilation of data assembled by the World Bank *

Alternating direction implicit method In numerical linear algebra, the alternating-direction implicit (ADI) method is an iterative method used to solve Sylvester equation, Sylvester matrix equations. It is a popular method for solving the large matrix equations that arise in systems the ...

for solving partial differential equations *

Ángeles del Infierno (Spanish for Angels from Hell or Hell Angels) is a heavy metal band from Basque Country, Spain, formed in 1980. Signing with Warner Bros. Records in 1984, they achieved success in their home country and Latin America Latin America is t ...

, a Spanish heavy metal band * Anti-detonant injection, another name for water injection in internal combustion engines * Approved Driving Instructor, a qualified UK car driver trainer * Area of dominant influence, term used by Arbitron in

media market A media market, broadcast market, media region, designated market area (DMA), television market area, or simply market is a region where the population can receive the same (or similar) television station, television and radio broadcasting, ra ...

ing *

Authorised deposit-taking institution Financial institutions in Australia are only permitted to accept deposits from the public if they are authorised deposit-taking institutions (ADIs). The ADI’s authority is granted by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) under the ...

, a corporation authorised under the Australian ''Commonwealth Banking Act 1959'' * Autism Diagnostic Interview, a parent interview used to aid diagnosis of autism

Aviation

* Aerodynamics Inc., a small airline in the US * Aircraft Designs Inc, an aircraft design firm in Monterey, California * IATA airport code for Arandis Airport in Erongo Region, Namibia

Names and titles

Adi (mythology) Āḍi () is an Asura in Hindu mythology who appears in the Matsya Purāṇa. He was the son of the demon Andhaka, who was killed by the god Shiva. Story After discovering that Pārvatī was practicing tapasya in the forest, he recalled his ...

, an Asura in Hindu faith who appears in the Matsya Purāṇa *

Adi (name) Adi (עָדִי or עַדִי, depending on the emphasis on the second syllable (female) or the first (male)) is a Hebrew-language unisex given name, which means "jewel" or "ornament". It also means "my witness" (עֵדִי edi'') in Hebrew. In A ...

, a given name in Hebrew and a nickname in other languages *

Adi Shankara Adi Shankara (8th c. CE), also called Adi Shankaracharya (, ), was an Indian Vedanga, Vedic scholar, Hindu philosophy, philosopher and teacher (''acharya'') of Advaita Vedanta. Reliable information on Shankara's actual life is scant, and h ...

, the First Shankara, Indian philosopher, founder of the Advaita-Vedanta school and the religious order *

Adi (title) ''Adi'' (pronounced "''Ahndi''") is a title used by Fijians, Fijian women of chiefly rank, namely female members of chiefly clans. It is the equivalent of the ''Ratu'' title used by male chiefs. It is in general use throughout most of Fiji, alt ...

, a Fijian title used by females of chiefly rank

Organizations

ADI Corporation ADI Corporation (Advanced Data International) is a defunct Taiwanese manufacturing company active from 1979 to the 2000s. Its primary export was computer hardware—chiefly computer monitors—through its American subsidiary ADI Systems. For a t ...

, a defunct Taiwanese computer monitor manufacturer * Alfred Deakin Institute, at

Deakin University Deakin University is a public university in Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1974 with antecedent history since 1887, the university was named after Alfred Deakin, the second Prime Minister of Australia and a founding father of Australian Fede ...

, in Geelong, Australia * American Documentation Institute, former name of the Association for Information Science and Technology *

Analog Devices Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI), also known simply as Analog, is an American multinational corporation, multinational semiconductor company specializing in data conversion, signal processing, and power management technology, headquartered in Wilming ...

, Inc., producer of semiconductors *

Animal Defenders International Animal Defenders International (ADI), founded 1990, has offices in US, UK, Colombia, Peru and South Africa; it actuates education and public awareness campaigns to protect animals in captivity and wild animals and their environments. ADI's campaig ...

, a nonprofit campaigning group *

Associazione per il Disegno Industriale Associazione per il Disegno Industriale (ADI), is an Italian professional organisation of about 1,100 architects, designers, manufacturers, trade journalists, academics, and design universities. Its primary purpose is the promotion of good des ...

* Australian Defence Industries, former name of

Thales Australia Thales Australia (formerly Australian Defence Industries and ADI Limited) is a defence contractor based in Australia. It is a subsidiary of the French defence technology conglomerate Thales Group. Thales Australia had been engaged in numerous ...

* Australian Doctors International * Independent Democratic Action ''(Portuguese: Acção Democrática Independente)'', a political party in São Tomé and Príncipe

Places

Adi (Chikodi) Adi (Chikodi) is a village in the southern state of Karnataka, India. , Census Village code= 1600 Adi (Chikodi), Belgaum, Karnataka It is located in the Chikodi taluk of Belgaum district in Karnataka. Its population is nearly 5000. It is loc ...

, Belgaum District, Karnataka, India *

Adi Island Adi (or Adi Island, Indonesian: ''Pulau Adi'') is an Indonesian island. Adi is located approximately south of the equator in the Seram Sea off the western coast of New Guinea. It is severed from the Bomberai Peninsula Bomberai Peninsula () ...

, an island in West Papua, Indonesia *

Adi, Israel Adi () is a community settlement (Israel), community settlement in northern Israel. Located near Shefa-'Amr, it falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council. In it had a population of . Adi is named after the archaeological si ...

, a community settlement in northern Israel *

Adi (Khanapur) Adi (Khanapur) is a village in the southern state of Karnataka, India. , Census Village code= 87200 Adi (Khanapur), Belgaum, Karnataka It is located in the Khanapur taluk of Belgaum district in Karnataka. See also * Belgaum * Districts of Kar ...

, Belgaum District, Karnataka, India *

Ahmedabad Junction railway station Ahmedabad Junction railway station (station code: ADI), commonly known as Kalupur railway station, is the main railway station of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It is also the biggest railway station within Gujarat and one of the major railway stat ...

, Ahmedabad, India (code ADI)

Other uses

* ''Adi'' (film), a 2023 Indian Malaylam-language comedy-drama film * '' ADI 4277 and ADPF 132 v. Brazilian civil union'', actions to civil union equality * Adi language (Galo), a related language spoken by the Galo people of Arunachal Pradesh *

Adinatha Rishabhanatha (Devanagari: ऋषभनाथ), also Rishabhadeva (Devanagari: ऋषभदेव, ), Rishabha (Devanagari: ऋषभ, ) or Ikshvaku (Devanagari: इक्ष्वाकु, ''Ikṣvāku''), is the first (Supreme preacher) ...

, 1st Jain

Tirthankara In Jainism, a ''Tirthankara'' (; ) is a saviour and supreme preacher of the ''Dharma (Jainism), dharma'' (righteous path). The word ''tirthankara'' signifies the founder of a ''Tirtha (Jainism), tirtha'', a fordable passage across ''Saṃsā ...

Adi Parva The Adi Parva ("Book of the Beginning") is the first of the eighteen ''parvas'' (books) of the Indian epic ''Mahabharata''. "Ādi" (wiktionary:आदि#Sanskrit, आदि) in Sanskrit means "first". Adi Parva traditionally has 19 parts and 236 ' ...

, the first book of the ancient Indian epic ''Mahabharata'' *

Adi people The Adi people are one of the most populous groups of indigenous peoples in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. A few thousand are also found in the Tibet Autonomous Region, where they are called the Lhoba together with some of the Nyishi peopl ...

, a tribe living in Arunachal Pradesh, India ** Adi language, the Tibeto-Burman language spoken by the

Adi Adi or ADI may refer to: Abbreviations * Acceptable daily intake, in health and medicine * Acting detective inspector, a type of police inspector * Africa Development Indicators, a compilation of data assembled by the World Bank * Alternating ...

* Adi tala, a tala (rhythm) in Carnatic music *

Banu Adi Banu Adi () was a clan of the Quraysh tribe descended from Adi ibn Ka'b. The Banu Adi were with the Meccans as part of the escort that preceded the Battle of Badr; they did not join Quraysh further. Notable members Clan members include: * Umar ...

, a clan of the Quraish tribe of Mecca *

Mancala Mancala ( ''manqalah'') is a family of two-player Turns, rounds and time-keeping systems in games, turn-based Strategy game, strategy board games played with small stones, beans, marbles or seeds and rows of holes or pits in the earth, a board ...

, a variant of the game