MCA may refer to:

Astronomy

* Mars-crossing asteroid, an asteroid whose orbit crosses that of Mars

Aviation

* Minimum crossing altitude, a minimum obstacle crossing altitude for fixes on published airways * Medium Combat Aircraft, a 5th generation fighter aircraft in India's

HAL AMCA The Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) is an Indian programme to develop a fifth-generation stealth, multirole, air superiority fighter for the Indian Air Force and the Indian Navy which will also include sixth-generation technologies. T ...

(Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft) program * Macenta Airport, Guinea (by IATA code)

Biology and chemistry

MacConkey agar MacConkey agar is a selective and differential culture medium for bacteria. It is designed to selectively isolate Gram-negative and enteric (normally found in the intestinal tract) bacteria and differentiate them based on lactose fermentation ...

, a selective growth medium for bacteria *

Monochloroacetic acid Chloroacetic acid, industrially known as monochloroacetic acid (MCA), is the organochlorine compound with the formula ClCH2CO2H. This carboxylic acid is a useful building block in organic synthesis. It is a colorless solid. Related compounds ar ...

, carboxylic acid, manufactured by chlorinating acetic acid * Methylcholanthrene, a carcinogen *

Methyl cyanoacrylate Methyl cyanoacrylate (MCA) (also sometimes referred to as α-cyanoacrylate or alpha-cyanoacrylate) is an organic compound that contains several functional groups: a methyl ester, a nitrile, and an alkene. It is a colorless liquid with low viscosi ...

, an organic compound *

Metabolic control analysis Metabolic control analysis (MCA) is a mathematical framework for describing metabolic, signaling, and genetic pathways. MCA quantifies how variables,elastsuch as fluxes and species concentrations, depend on network parameters. In particular, it i ...

, analysing how the control of fluxes and intermediate concentrations in a metabolic pathway is distributed *

Middle cerebral artery The middle cerebral artery (MCA) is one of the three major paired cerebral arteries that supply blood to the cerebrum. The MCA arises from the internal carotid artery and continues into the lateral sulcus where it then branches and projects to man ...

, one of the three major blood supplies to the brain

Climate

* Medieval Climatic Anomaly (Medieval Warm Period, also Medieval Climate Optimum), a notably warm climatic period in the North Atlantic region from about 950 to 1250.

Companies

* MCA Inc., a now defunct company (originally called Music Corporation of America) and its subsidiary companies: **

MCA Records MCA Records was an American record label owned by MCA Inc., which later became part of Universal Music Group. Pre-history MCA Inc., a powerful talent agency and a television production company, entered the recorded music business in 1962 wi ...

** MCA Nashville Records ** MCA Home Video, former name of

Universal Studios Home Entertainment Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (formerly Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Universal Studios Home Video, MCA/Universal Home Video, MCA Home Video, MCA Videodisc and MCA Videocassette, Inc.) is the home video distribution division of Am ...

** MCA Music Inc. (Philippines), a Philippine branch of Universal Music Group which uses the MCA brand due to a trademark issue * Maubeuge Construction Automobile (MCA), a subsidiary of French car manufacturer Renault * Minato Communications Association, a former company name of the

Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association The is a Japanese trade organization for the electronics and IT industries. It was formed in 2000 from two earlier organizations, the Electronic Industries Association of Japan and the Japan Electronic Industries Development Association. Hist ...

Education

Degrees

* Master in Customs Administration, a trade-related graduate degree offered in PMI Colleges in the Philippines *

Master of Computer Applications A Master of Science in Information Technology (abbreviated M.Sc.IT, MScIT or MSIT) is a master's degree in the field of information technology awarded by universities in many countries or a person holding such a degree. The MSIT degree is de ...

, a postgraduate degree in computer science offered in India

Educational institutions

Marist College Ashgrove , motto_translation = Act Courageously , location = Ashgrove, Brisbane, Queensland , country = Australia , coordinates = , pushpin_map = Australia Queensland , pushpin_im ...

, an Australian School * McIntosh County Academy, a high school in McIntosh County, Georgia, United States * Memphis College of Art, an art school in Tennessee, United States *

Morrison Christian Academy Morrison Academy () is an international Christian school founded 1952 in Taichung, Taiwan. It primarily caters to the children of missionaries. Beyond the original Taichung location it also maintains a campus in Taipei and Morrison Academy Kaoh ...

, an American school in Taiwan

Professional courses

Microsoft Certified Architect Microsoft Certified Professional was a certification program from Microsoft. Overview Microsoft Certifications are earned by passing exams aligned to a specific certification. The process of earning certification has changed multiple times sinc ...

, a certification available from Microsoft * Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments—Series II, a standardized test in Minnesota

Legal

* Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act, a US financial statute passed in 1980 *

Mental Capacity Act 2005 The Mental Capacity Act 2005 (c 9) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom applying to England and Wales. Its primary purpose is to provide a legal framework for acting and making decisions on behalf of adults who lack the capacity ...

, an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom applying to England and Wales *

Military Commissions Act of 2006 The Military Commissions Act of 2006, also known as HR-6166, was an Act of Congress signed by President George W. Bush on October 17, 2006. The Act's stated purpose was "to authorize trial by military commission for violations of the law of ...

, US legislation

Organizations

Maharashtra Chess Association The Maharashtra Chess Association (MCA) is the apex body for the game of chess in Maharashtra, India. It was formed in 1963 and is affiliated with the All India Chess Federation. History The first chess association in Maharashtra is South Mahara ...

Malaysian Chinese Association The Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA; zh, 马来西亚华人公会; ; ta, மலேசிய சீனர் சங்கம், initially known as the Malayan Chinese Association) is a uni-racial List of political parties in Malaysia, pol ...

, a political party in Malaysia *

Maritime and Coastguard Agency The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) is an executive agency of the United Kingdom that responsible for implementing British and international maritime law and safety policy. It works to prevent the loss of lives at sea and to prevent marine ...

, an agency of the United Kingdom Government * Medal Collectors of America *Medicines Control Agency, which merged with the Medical Devices Agency to become the

Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is an executive agency of the Department of Health and Social Care in the United Kingdom which is responsible for ensuring that medicines and medical devices work and are acceptabl ...

Metal Construction Association The Metal Construction Association (MCA) is an industry organization in the US that was formed in 1984 with a focus on expanding the use of metal in construction through marketing, education and selective action on public policies that affect metal ...

Millennium Challenge Account The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is a bilateral United States foreign aid agency established by the U.S. Congress in 2004. It is an independent agency separate from the State Department and USAID. It provides grants to countries that ...

, a U.S. program for aid to developing countries *

Ministry of Corporate Affairs The Ministry of Corporate Affairs is an Indian government ministry primarily concerned with administration of the Companies Act 2013, the Companies Act 1956, the Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008, and the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 20 ...

, an Indian government ministry * MultiCultural Aotearoa, a New Zealand political action group *

Mumbai Cricket Association The Mumbai Cricket Association (formerly Bombay Cricket Association) is the governing body for cricket in Mumbai and surrounding regions such as Thane and Navi Mumbai. Its headquarter is situated at Cricket centre in Churchgate, Mumbai. It g ...

, ruling body for cricket in Mumbai * Multicore Association, an industry association regrouping companies and universities interested in multicore computing research. *

Museum of Contemporary Art (disambiguation) Museum of Contemporary Art (often abbreviated to MCA, MoCA or MOCA) may refer to: Africa * Museum of Contemporary Art (Tangier), Morocco, officially le Galerie d'Art Contemporain Mohamed Drissi Asia East Asia * Museum of Contemporary Art Shangha ...

, numerous museums around the world

People

Adam Yauch Adam Nathaniel Yauch ( ; August 5, 1964 – May 4, 2012), better known under the stage name MCA, was an American rapper, bass player, filmmaker and a founding member of the hip hop group Beastie Boys. Besides his musical work, he also directed ...

(1964–2012), a.k.a. "MCA", of the Beastie Boys * Michiel van den Bos (born 1975), a.k.a. "M.C.A.", Dutch composer *

Chris Avellone Chris Avellone is an American video game designer and comic book writer. He worked for Interplay and Obsidian Entertainment before working as a freelancer. He is best known for his work on role-playing video games such as '' Planescape: Tormen ...

(born 1971), a.k.a. "MCA", American video game designer

Sports

MC Alger Mouloudia Club d'Alger ( ar, نادي مولودية الجزائر), referred to as MC Alger or MCA for short, is an Algerian football club based in Algiers. The club was founded in 1921 and its colours are red, green and white. Their home s ...

, a football club based in Algiers, Algeria * Manitoba Curling Association, Manitoba, Canada * Maharashtra Cricket Association, Pune, India **

Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium is a cricket stadium situated in the city of Pune, India besides the Pune Mumbai Expressway nestled between the hills of the Western Ghats. It is the home venue for the Maharashtra cricket team and is ...

, Pune, India *

, Mumbai, India

Technology

Machine Check Architecture In computing, Machine Check Architecture (MCA) is an Intel and AMD mechanism in which the CPU reports hardware errors to the operating system. Intel's P6 and Pentium 4 family processors, AMD's K7 and K8 family processors, as well as the Itanium ...

, a method for a CPU to report hardware errors to an operating system * Maximum credible accident, a postulated scenario that a nuclear facility must be able to withstand *

Micro Channel architecture Micro Channel architecture, or the Micro Channel bus, is a proprietary 16- or 32-bit parallel computer bus introduced by IBM in 1987 which was used on PS/2 and other computers until the mid-1990s. Its name is commonly abbreviated as "MCA", alt ...

, a type of computer bus *

Mitsubishi MCA Mitsubishi MCA stands for Mitsubishi Clean Air, a moniker used in Japan to identify vehicles built with emission control technology. The term was first introduced in Japan, with later introductions internationally. The technology first appeared in ...

, an emissions control approach for gasoline-powered vehicles during the 1970s * Movable cellular automaton * Multichannel analyzer, instrument recording pulse counts at a range of (esp. photon energy) levels

Other uses

* Medieval Climate Anomaly * Metropolitan Church Association, Methodist denomination in the holiness movement * ''Motor Coach Age'', the magazine of the Motor Bus Society *

Multiple correspondence analysis In statistics, multiple correspondence analysis (MCA) is a data analysis technique for nominal categorical data, used to detect and represent underlying structures in a data set. It does this by representing data as points in a low-dimensional Eucl ...

* The

Maká language Maká is a Matacoan language spoken in Paraguay by the Maká people. Its 1,500 speakers live primarily in Presidente Hayes Department near the Río Negro, as well as in and around Asunción. Phonology Velar consonants alternate with palata ...

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