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SFA may refer to:


In science and technology


In medicine

* Superficial femoral artery, a large artery in the thigh


In chemistry

* Saturated fatty acid, a type of fatty acid with no double bonds * Segmented flow analysis, a technique and class of instrument used in chemical analysis * Sodium fluoroacetate, an organofluorine chemical compound, and the sodium salt of fluoroacetic acid


In physical science and engineering

* Substance flow analysis, a method of analyzing the flows of a material in a well-defined system *
Surface forces apparatus The Surface Force Apparatus (SFA) is a scientific instrument which measures the interaction force of two surfaces as they are brought together and retracted using multiple beam interferometry to monitor surface separation and directly measure conta ...
, a scientific instrument and technique *
Svenska Flygmotor Aktiebolaget Volvo Aero was a Swedish aircraft, guided missiles and rocket engine manufacturer. It became ''GKN Aerospace Engine Systems'' following the company's acquisition by British engineering conglomerate GKN during 2012. It was originally establis ...
late 1940s Swedish aero-engine manufacturer


Other uses in science and technology

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Sales force automation Salesforce management systems (also ''sales force automation systems'' (SFA)) are information systems used in customer relationship management (CRM) marketing and management that help automate some sales and sales force management functions. The ...
, information systems used in customer relationship marketing *
Simple feature access Simple Features (officially Simple Feature Access) is a set of standards that specify a common storage and access model of geographic feature made of mostly two-dimensional geometries (point, line, polygon, multi-point, multi-line, etc.) used by ...
, a standard storage and access model for geographical data * Single Frequency Approach, an aviation procedure * Stochastic Frontier Analysis, a method of economic modeling * Striker Fired Action, in firearms


Organizations


In education

* Sabena Flight Academy, Belgium *
Skills Funding Agency The Skills Funding Agency was one of two successor organisations that emerged from the closure in 2010 of the Learning and Skills Council (England's largest non-departmental public body or quango). The agency was in turn replaced by the E ...
, England *
Stephen F. Austin State University } Stephen F. Austin State University (SFA) is a public university in Nacogdoches, Texas. It was founded as a teachers' college in 1923 and subsequennly renamed after one of Texas's founding fathers, Stephen F. Austin. Its campus resides on part ...
, Nacogdoches, Texas, US * Success for All, school curricula, US


Other organizations

* Space Force Association *
Special Forces Association The Special Forces Association (SFA) is a non-profit fraternal organization for current and retired U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers, also known as "Green Berets." Established in 1964, the association is based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, wit ...
* Free Syrian Army **
Maghaweir al-Thowra , native_name2_lang = ar , war = Syrian Civil War , image = , caption = Syrian Independence Flag, flown by the Syrian Free Army and it’s predecessor factions , ideology = , active = Ma ...
, officially the Syrian Free Army * Somali Film Agency, a film regulatory body *
Student/Farmworker Alliance Student/Farmworker Alliance (SFA) is a network of students and youth formally organized in 2000 in the United States. SFA campaigns for the improvement of working conditions in the agricultural fields of the United States. The organization cooperat ...
, Immokalee, Florida, US * Swedish Fortifications Agency * Singapore Food Agency


Sports

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Scottish Football Association The Scottish Football Association (also known as the SFA and the Scottish FA; sco, Scots Fitba Association; Scottish Gaelic: ''Comann Ball-coise na h-Alba'') is the governing body of football in Scotland and has the ultimate responsibility fo ...
, the football governing body in Scotland * Sudan Football Association * Sarawak FA, a Malaysian association football club *
Selangor FA Selangor Football Club (Malay: ''Kelab Bola Sepak Selangor''), commonly referred to as Selangor F.C. is a Malaysian professional football club based in the city of Shah Alam, Selangor, that currently competes in the Malaysia Super League, the ...
, a Malaysian association football club


Other uses

* Jonathan Davis and the SFA, an American metal band * Super Furry Animals, a Welsh rock band * Stratford International station * Six Flags America, an amusement park in Bowie, MD
Six Flags AstroWorld, a former amusement park located in Houston, Texas {{disambiguation