SMA or S.M.A. may refer to:

Places

American Samoa American Samoa ( sm, Amerika Sāmoa, ; also ' or ') is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of the island country of Samoa. Its location is centered on . It is east of the Internation ...

, ITU letter code *

Santa Maria Airport (Azores) Santa Maria Airport is an international airport located west northwest of the urbanized area of Vila do Porto on the island of Santa Maria, in the Portuguese autonomous region of the Azores. A principal hub in transatlantic travel until th ...

(IATA code)

People

Sergeant Major of the Army The Sergeant Major of the Army (SMA) is a unique non-commissioned rank and position of office in the United States Army. The holder of this rank and position is the most senior enlisted soldier in the Army, unless an enlisted soldier is servi ...

, U.S. *

Sima (Chinese surname) Sima (, ) is a Chinese family name. It is one of the rare two-character Chinese family names; most Chinese family names consist of only a single character. It is an occupational surname, literally meaning "control" (sī) "horses" (mǎ); in a sim ...

, or Sma *

Joshua Falk Joshua ben Alexander HaCohen Falk (1555 – 29 March 1614) was a Polish Halakha, Halakhist and Talmudist, best known as the author of the ''Drisha'' and ''Prisha'' commentaries on the ''Arba'ah Turim'' as well as ''Sefer Me'irat Enayim'' (סמ ...

, known as ''SM"A''

Finance

* Separately managed account, types of investment account *

Special memorandum account Special memorandum account (SMA) is a margin credit account used for calculating US Regulation T requirements on brokerage accounts. In addition to Initial Margin and ''Maintenance Margin'' requirements, the SMA ledger is used to lock in unreali ...

, used regarding US Regulation T

Organisations

Scouts Musulmans Algériens Algerian Muslim Scouts ( ar, الكشافة الاسلامية الجزائرية) is the national Scouting association in Algeria. SMA has 24,750 members as of 2011. History Scouting in Algeria began formatively around 1911, but Scouting w ...

, the Algerian Muslim Scouts * Sharjah Museums Authority *

SMA Engines SMA Engines (Société de Motorisations Aéronautiques) is a French manufacturer of Diesel engines for light aircraft, located in Bourges. A subsidiary of Safran, SMA engine production is currently limited to one model, the SMA SR305-230, which ...

, a diesel aircraft engine manufacturer * SMA Solar Technology *

Society of African Missions The Society of African Missions ( la, Societas Missionum ad Afros; ) abbreviated SMA, also known as the SMA Fathers, is a Catholic religious Society of Apostolic Life of pontifical right for men founded by Melchior de Marion Brésillac in 1856 ...

, a Catholic missionary organization * Society of Makeup Artists, post-nominal letters

Education

* Saint Mary's Academy, Dominica * ''

Sekolah Menengah Atas Education in Indonesia falls under the responsibility of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology (''Kementerian Pendidikan, Kebudayaan, Riset, dan Teknologi'' or ''Kemdikbudristek'') and the Ministry of Religious Affairs ...

'', Indonesian for "senior secondary school" *

San Marcos Baptist Academy San Marcos Academy or SMA (also known as San Marcos Baptist Academy or SMBA) is a private, coeducational, college preparatory Christian school that is affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas. It is accredited by the Southern As ...

, Texas, US * Sarasota Military Academy, Florida, US * Science and Mathematics Academy, a program at Aberdeen High School, Maryland, US * Former

Staunton Military Academy Staunton Military Academy was a private all-male military school located in Staunton, Virginia. Founded in 1884, the academy closed in 1976. The school was highly regarded for its academic and military programs, and many notable American politica ...

, Charles Town, Virginia, US

Science, engineering and technology

Shape-memory alloy In metallurgy, a shape-memory alloy (SMA) is an alloy that can be deformed when cold but returns to its pre-deformed ("remembered") shape when heated. It may also be called memory metal, memory alloy, smart metal, smart alloy, or muscle wire. P ...

, that returns to its shape when heated *

Signal magnitude area In mathematics, the signal magnitude area (abbreviated SMA or sma) is a statistical measure of the magnitude of a varying quantity. Definition The SMA value of a set of values (or a continuous-time waveform) is the normalized integral of the o ...

, a statistical measure of magnitude * Stone mastic asphalt, a type of road surface *

Styrene maleic anhydride Styrene maleic anhydride (SMA or SMAnh) is a synthetic polymer that is built-up of styrene and maleic anhydride monomers. The monomers can be almost perfectly alternating, making it an alternating copolymer, but (random) copolymerisation with less ...

, a synthetic polymer *

Submillimeter Array The Submillimeter Array (SMA) consists of eight diameter radio telescopes arranged as an interferometer for submillimeter wavelength observations. It is the first purpose-built submillimeter interferometer, constructed after successful interfer ...

, radio telescopes in Mauna Kea, Hawaii, US

Computing and electronics

* SMA* (Simplified Memory-bounded Algorithm), a shortest path algorithm *

SMA connector SMA (''SubMiniature version A'') connectors are semi-precision coaxial RF connectors developed in the 1960s as a minimal connector interface for coaxial cable with a screw-type coupling mechanism. The connector has a 50 Ω impedance. SMA ...

(SubMiniature version A), a coaxial RF connector * SMA 905 or F-SMA I, SMA 906 or F-SMA II, an

optical fiber connector An optical fiber connector joins optical fibers, and enables quicker connection and disconnection than splicing. The connectors mechanically couple and align the cores of fibers so light can pass. Better connectors lose very little light due ...

* SMA or DO-214AC, a variant of the DO-214 diode package * Surface-mount assembly, in electronics

Medicine and biology

* Standard methods agar or

plate count agar Plate Count Agar (PCA), also called Standard Methods Agar (SMA), is a microbiological growth medium commonly used to assess or to monitor "total" or viable bacterial growth of a sample. PCA is not a selective medium. The total number of living a ...

* SMA, several medical abbreviations * SMA 12, SMA 20 and SMAC, previous names of Comprehensive metabolic panel blood tests * α-SMA or

ACTA2 ACTA2 (actin alpha 2) is an actin protein with several aliases including alpha-actin, alpha-actin-2, aortic smooth muscle or alpha smooth muscle actin (α-SMA, SMactin, alpha-SM-actin, ASMA). Actins are a family of globular multi-functional ...

, an actin protein *

Spinal muscular atrophy Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a rare neuromuscular disorder that results in the loss of motor neurons and progressive muscle wasting. It is usually diagnosed in infancy or early childhood and if left untreated it is the most common genet ...

, a severe neuromuscular disorder *

Spinal muscular atrophies Spinal muscular atrophies (SMAs) are a genetically and clinically heterogeneous group of rare debilitating disorders characterised by the degeneration of lower motor neurons (neuronal cells situated in the anterior horn of the spinal cord) and s ...

, a heterogeneous group of rare disorders *

Superior mesenteric artery In human anatomy, the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) is an artery which arises from the anterior surface of the abdominal aorta, just inferior to the origin of the celiac trunk, and supplies blood to the intestine from the lower part of the ...

Supplementary motor area The supplementary motor area (SMA) is a part of the motor cortex of primates that contributes to the control of movement. It is located on the midline surface of the hemisphere just in front of (anterior to) the primary motor cortex leg representa ...

, of the primate brain

Mathematics

Simple moving average In statistics, a moving average (rolling average or running average) is a calculation to analyze data points by creating a series of averages of different subsets of the full data set. It is also called a moving mean (MM) or rolling mean and is ...

, in statistics

Music

Seoul Music Awards The Seoul Music Awards (; SMA) is a major South Korean music awards show presented by the newspaper ''Sports Seoul''. The award winners are selected based on a combination of criteria, including music sales, popular votes, and expert judges' op ...

* "Sma", a 1999 song from the '' Point No. 1'' album by band Chevelle

Other uses

* Simulated milk adapted, an

infant formula Infant formula, baby formula, or simply formula (American English); or baby milk, infant milk or first milk (British English), is a manufactured food designed and marketed for feeding to babies and infants under 12 months of age, usually prep ...

**SMA, Nestlé brand of baby milk * Southern Sami language (ISO 639-2 language code)