FA, Fa or fa may refer to:

People

* Fa of Xia, King of China 1747–1728 BC * Fa Ngum (1316–1393), founder and ruler of the Lao kingdom of Lan Xang * Fa Ziying (1964–1999), Chinese serial killer

Places

* Fa, Aude, a commune of the Aude ' in France * Friends Academy, Locust Valley, New York, US

Arts and entertainment

* Fa (musical note) * Fa Yuiry, a fictional character in ''Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam'' * '' Fantasy Advertiser'', later ''FA'', UK fanzine * ''Firearms'' (video game), 1998 * Fur Affinity, a furry fandom-centric art community website

Government, law and politics

* Fa (philosophy), a Chinese concept * Falange Auténtica, a Spanish political party *

Finance Act A Finance Act is the headline fiscal (budgetary) legislation enacted by the UK Parliament, containing multiple provisions as to taxes, duties, exemptions and reliefs at least once per year, and in particular setting out the principal tax rates f ...

* Fisheries Agency, Taiwan

Languages and alphabets

* Fa (letter) of the Arabic abjad * Faʼ language, Bantu language of Cameroon * fa, ISO 639-1 code of the

Persian language Persian ( ), also known by its endonym and exonym, endonym Farsi (, Fārsī ), is a Western Iranian languages, Western Iranian language belonging to the Iranian languages, Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian languages, Indo-Iranian subdivision ...

Mathematics, science, and technology

Factor analysis Factor analysis is a statistical method used to describe variability among observed, correlated variables in terms of a potentially lower number of unobserved variables called factors. For example, it is possible that variations in six observe ...

, a statistical method * Fanconi anemia, a genetic disease *

Fayalite Fayalite (, commonly abbreviated to Fa) is the iron-rich endmember, end-member of the olivine solid solution, solid-solution series. In common with all minerals in the olivine, olivine group, fayalite crystallizes in the orthorhombic system (spac ...

, an olivine mineral *

Femtoampere The ampere ( , ; symbol: A), often shortened to amp,SI supports only the use of symbols and deprecates the use of abbreviations for units. is the unit of electric current in the International System of Units (SI). One ampere is equal to 1 c ...

(fA) *

Fluorescein angiography Fluorescein angiography (FA), fluorescent angiography (FAG), or fundus fluorescein angiography (FFA) is a technique for examining the circulation of the retina and choroid (parts of the fundus) using a fluorescent dye and a specialized camera. ...

, for eye examination *

Folic acid Folate, also known as vitamin B9 and folacin, is one of the B vitamins. Manufactured folic acid, which is converted into folate by the body, is used as a dietary supplement and in food fortification as it is more stable during processing and ...

, a B vitamin *

Fractional anisotropy Fractional anisotropy (FA) is a scalar (mathematics), scalar value between zero and one that describes the degree of anisotropy of a diffusion process. A value of zero means that diffusion is isotropic, i.e. it is unrestricted (or equally restricted ...

, degree of anisotropy *

Friedreich's ataxia Friedreich's ataxia (FRDA) is a rare, inherited, autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder that primarily affects the nervous system, causing progressive damage to the spinal cord, peripheral nerves, and cerebellum, leading to impaired ...

, a genetic disease *

Nikon FA The Nikon FA is an advanced amateur-level, interchangeable lens, 35 mm film, single-lens reflex (SLR) camera. It was manufactured by the Japanese optics company Nippon Kogaku K. K. ( Nikon Corporation since 1988) in Japan from 1983 to 1987 (av ...

, a camera

Military

* Forschungsamt, Nazi German intelligence agency *

Frontal Aviation The Soviet Air Forces (, VVS SSSR; literally "Military Air Forces of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics"; initialism VVS, sometimes referred to as the "Red Air Force") were one of the air forces of the Soviet Union. The other was the Sovie ...

, Soviet Air Forces battlefield air defence *

Fleet Admiral An admiral of the fleet or shortened to fleet admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, usually equivalent to field marshal and marshal of the air force. An admiral of the fleet is typically senior to an admiral. It is also a generic ter ...

, usually the highest rank of

naval officers An officer is a person who holds a position of authority as a member of an armed force or uniformed service. Broadly speaking, "officer" means a commissioned officer, a non-commissioned officer (NCO), or a warrant officer. However, absent ...

Sport

The Football Association The Football Association (the FA) is the Sports governing body, governing body of association football in England and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Bailiwick of Guernsey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. Formed in 1863, it is the oldest footb ...

, regulatory body, England *

First ascent In mountaineering and climbing, a first ascent (abbreviated to FA in climbing guidebook, guide books), is the first successful documented climb to the top of a mountain or the top of a particular climbing route. Early 20th-century mountaineers a ...

, of a mountain * Football association, a governing body for an association football

Transport

* ALCO FA, a US locomotive * Toyota FA, a truck * Area forecast, in aviation * '' Ferrocarriles Argentinos'', Argentine railways * Safair, a South African airline, IATA code * NZR F^A Class, New Zealand locomotive class

Other uses

* F.A. or Intermediate of Arts, an academic diploma * Fa (brand), of personal care products * fa’ or

Fall (unit) A fall or fa’ is a Scottish measurement of length. Other variants of the name include "faw", "faa" and "fa"; the spelling with an apologetic apostrophe is not favoured now. The measurement was mostly out of use by the 19th century, and English ...

, obsolete Scottish length unit * Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA) {{disambiguation, geo