DRA or Dra may refer to:

Places

Democratic Republic of Afghanistan The Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA),, renamed the Republic of Afghanistan, in 1987, was the Afghan state during the one-party rule of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) from 1978 to 1992. The PDPA came to powe ...

, 1978-1987 *

Desert Rock Airport Desert Rock Airport is a private-use airport located three miles (5 km) southwest of the central business district of Mercury, in Nye County, Nevada, United States. The airport is located on the Nevada Test Site and is owned by the United St ...

(IATA airport code DRA), Mercury, Nevada, USA *

Draco (constellation) Draco is a constellation in the far northern sky. Its name is Latin for dragon. It was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy, and remains one of the 88 modern constellations today. The north pole of the ...

(abbreviated Dra)

Organizations

Defence Research Agency The Defence Research Agency (DRA) was an executive agency of the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) from April 1991 until April 1995. At the time, the DRA was Britain's largest science and technology organisation. In April 1995, the DRA was combine ...

, former UK body *

Delta Regional Authority The Delta Regional Authority (DRA) is a Federal-State partnership whose mission it is to improve the quality of life for the residents of the Mississippi Delta. The Delta Regional Authority serves 252 counties and parishes in parts of eight state ...

, for the Mississippi River Delta Region, US * ''Deutscher Reichsausschuss für Leibesübungen'', later ''

Nationalsozialistischer Reichsbund für Leibesübungen The National Socialist League of the Reich for Physical Exercise (german: Nationalsozialistischer Reichsbund für Leibesübungen, abbreviated NSRL) was the umbrella organization for sports and physical education in Nazi Germany. The NSRL was kn ...

'', a former German sports organization * ''

Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv The German Broadcasting Archive (''Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv''; DRA) is a non-profit foundation supported by the ARD. It was founded in 1952 as "German sound archive". The DRA covers essential aspects of the development of German broadcasting. Today ...

'', the German Broadcasting Archive

Science and technology

* Dielectric resonator antenna *

Dopamine receptor antagonist A dopamine antagonist, also known as an anti-dopaminergic and a dopamine receptor antagonist (DRA), is a type of drug which blocks dopamine receptors by receptor antagonism. Most antipsychotics are dopamine antagonists, and as such they have ...

, first generation antipsychotics *

Dopamine releasing agent A dopamine releasing agent (DRA) is a type of drug which induces the release of dopamine in the body and/or brain. No selective DRAs are currently known. Many releasing agents of both dopamine and norepinephrine (norepinephrine–dopamine releasi ...

, a class of drugs *

Downregulated-in-adenoma Chloride anion exchanger, also known as down-regulated in adenoma (protein DRA), is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''SLC26A3'' gene. Function Protein DRA is a membrane protein in intestinal cells. It is an anion exchanger and a ...

, an anion exchanger *

Drag reducing agent Drag-reducing agents (DRA), or drag-reducing polymers (DRP's), are additives in pipelines that reduce turbulence in a pipe. Usually used in petroleum pipelines, they increase the pipeline capacity by reducing turbulency and increasing laminar flow ...

, a pipeline flow improver *

Driver's reminder appliance A driver's reminder appliance (DRA) is a manual switch in the driving cab of a passenger train. When operated it glows bright red and prevents the driver from being able to apply power. It was introduced in the design and operation of United Ki ...

, a UK passenger train safety device *

Dynamic Resolution Adaptation Dynamic Resolution Adaptation (DRA) is an audio encoding specification developed by DigiRise Technology. It has been selected as the Chinese national audio coding standard and also suitable for China Multimedia Mobile Broadcasting and DVB-H a ...

, an audio coding standard *

Dynamic Resource Allocation Dynamics (from Greek δυναμικός ''dynamikos'' "powerful", from δύναμις ''dynamis'' " power") or dynamic may refer to: Physics and engineering * Dynamics (mechanics) ** Aerodynamics, the study of the motion of air ** Analytical dyn ...

, a project management tool * Dave's Redistricting App, an online web app that allows people to draw redistricting maps

Other uses

* (Dra.), feminine-form abbreviation for Doctor (title) in some languages

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