TMA may refer to:

Science

* Tense–Modality–Aspect or ''tense–aspect–mood'', grammatical system *

Tetramethylammonium Tetramethylammonium (TMA) is the simplest quaternary ammonium cation. It has the chemical formula and consists of four methyl groups (, denoted Me) attached to a central nitrogen atom. The cation is isoelectronic with neopentane (). It is positi ...

ion or its salts *

Thermomechanical analysis Thermomechanical analysis (TMA) is a technique used in thermal analysis, a branch of materials science which studies the properties of materials as they change with temperature. Thermomechanical analysis is a subdiscipline of the thermomechanome ...

Third man argument ''Parmenides'' () is one of the dialogues of Plato. It is widely considered to be one of the most challenging and enigmatic of Plato's dialogues. The ''Parmenides'' purports to be an account of a meeting between the two great philosophers of the ...

, a philosophical criticism of Plato's theory of Forms *

Thrombotic microangiopathy Thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) is a pathology that results in thrombosis in capillaries and arterioles, due to an endothelial injury. It may be seen in association with thrombocytopenia, anemia, purpura and kidney failure. The classic TMAs a ...

Tissue microarray Tissue microarrays (also TMAs) consist of Paraffin wax, paraffin blocks in which up to 1000 separate Biological tissue, tissue cores are assembled in array fashion to allow multiplex (assay), multiplex Histology, histological analysis. History ...

, device for analysing many histological tissue samples * Transcription mediated amplification *

Trimethylamine Trimethylamine (TMA) is an organic compound with the formula N(CH3)3. It is a trimethylated derivative of ammonia. TMA is widely used in industry. At higher concentrations it has an ammonia-like odor, and can cause necrosis of mucous membranes ...

, (CH₃)₃N, a simple amine *

Trimethylaluminium Trimethylaluminium or TMA is one of the simplest examples of an organoaluminium compound. Despite its name it has the formula (abbreviated as , where Me stands for methyl), as it exists as a dimer. This colorless liquid is pyrophoric. It is an ...

, (CH₃)₃Al *

Trimesic acid Trimesic acid, also known as benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylic acid, is an organic compound with the formula C6H3(CO2H)3. It is one of three isomers of benzenetricarboxylic acid. A colorless solid, trimesic acid has some commercial value as a precursor ...

* Psychedelic or hallucinogenic drugs that are isomeric-substituted amphetamines: **

3,4,5-Trimethoxyamphetamine 3,4,5-Trimethoxyamphetamine (TMA, TMA-1, or 3,4,5-TMA), also known as α-methylmescaline or mescalamphetamine, is a psychedelic drug of the substituted phenethylamine, phenethylamine and substituted amphetamine, amphetamine families. It is one of ...

(TMA or TMA-1) ** 2,4,5-Trimethoxyamphetamine (TMA-2) ** 2,3,4-Trimethoxyamphetamine (TMA-3) **

2,3,5-Trimethoxyamphetamine Trimethoxyamphetamines (TMAs) are a family of positionally isomeric psychedelic hallucinogenic drugs. There exist six different TMAs that differ only in the positions of the three methoxy groups: TMA (TMA-1), TMA-2, TMA-3, TMA-4, TMA-5, and TMA- ...

(TMA-4) **

2,3,6-Trimethoxyamphetamine Trimethoxyamphetamines (TMAs) are a family of positionally isomeric psychedelic hallucinogenic drugs. There exist six different TMAs that differ only in the positions of the three methoxy groups: TMA (TMA-1), TMA-2, TMA-3, TMA-4, TMA-5, and TMA- ...

(TMA-5) **

2,4,6-Trimethoxyamphetamine 2,4,6-Trimethoxyamphetamine (2,4,6-TMA), also known as TMA-6 or ψ-TMA-2, is a psychedelic drug of the phenethylamine and amphetamine families. It is one of the positional isomers of trimethoxyamphetamine (TMA). Use and effects In his 1991 book ...

(TMA-6) * '' Tristeza y muerte de agave'', a collective term for diseases of blue agave

Transportation

Aviation

* Terminal Manoeuvring Area / Terminal Control Area - aviation term for a controlled high-volume airspace * Trans Maldivian Airways *

TMA Cargo Trans Mediterranean Airways SAL, styled as TMA Cargo (), was a cargo airline based in Beirut, Lebanon. The airline restarted operations in 2010, following a six-year hiatus. It suspended operations once again in September 2014. TMA Cargo was a m ...

, Lebanese airline

Engineering

* TMA Engineering, UK * Truck-mounted attenuator, crash attenuator

Space exploration

* Russian

Soyuz spacecraft Soyuz () is a series of spacecraft which has been in service since the 1960s, having made more than 140 flights. It was designed for the Soviet space program by the Korolev Design Bureau (now Energia). The Soyuz succeeded the Voskhod spacecraf ...

missions; TMA are the Russian initials for Transport Modified Anthropometric **

Soyuz TMA-1 Soyuz TMA-1, also catalogued as Soyuz TM-35, was a 2002 Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle with a Russian-Belgian cosmonaut crew blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. T ...

, launched 30 October 2002 **

Soyuz TMA-2 Soyuz TMA-2 was a Soyuz spacecraft, Soyuz (Russian Союз ТМА-2, ''Union TMA-2'') mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle. The spacecraft docked with the ISS on April 28, 2003 and undocked on ...

, launched 26 April 2003 **

Soyuz TMA-3 Soyuz TMA-3 was a Soyuz spacecraft, Soyuz (Russian Союз ТМА-3, ''Union TMA-3'') mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle which was the third flight for the ''TMA'' modification of the Soyuz sp ...

, launched 18 October 2003 **

Soyuz TMA-4 Soyuz TMA-4 was a Soyuz spacecraft, Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle. It was launched on 19 April 2004 (UTC) from Baikonur Cosmodrome. Gennady Padalka from Russia, Michael Fincke from ...

, launched 19 April 2004 **

Soyuz TMA-5 Soyuz TMA-5 was a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched by a Soyuz-FG launch vehicle. Crew TMA 5 ISS 10 Crew patches were designed by Seán O'Mara for USSR Airspace. Docking with ISS *Docked to ISS: October 16, 2 ...

, launched 14 October 2004 **

Soyuz TMA-6 Soyuz TMA-6 was a human spaceflight to the International Space Station (ISS). It carried three crew members of Expedition 11 to the International Space Station. It was the 26th crewed flight to the ISS. It was launched by a Soyuz FG and returne ...

, launch 15 April 2005 ** other

Soyuz-TMA The Soyuz-TMA () was a spacecraft built by Energia and used by Roscosmos for human spaceflight. It is a revision of the Soyuz spacecraft introduced in 2001 and was in use until 2012 after being superseded in 2010 by the Soyuz TMA-M. While it lo ...

missions

Military

Target Motion Analysis Target Motion Analysis (TMA) is a process to determine the position of a target using passive sensor information. Sensors like passive ''RADAR'' and ''SONAR Sonar (sound navigation and ranging or sonic navigation and ranging) is a technique t ...

, by submarine SONAR *

Tanzania Military Academy The Tanzania Military Academy (TMA) (''Chuo Cha Mafunzo ya Kijeshi Tanzania'', in Swahili) is a military training academy located in Monduli District of Arusha Region in Tanzania. It is regarded as the most prestigious training institution in t ...

* Yugoslavian landmines: ** TMA-1 mine ** TMA-2 mine **

TMA-3 mine The TMA-3 is a circular Yugoslavian Minimum metal mine, minimum metal anti-tank mine, anti-tank blast mine. It is very similar in appearance to the TMA-4 mine, TMA-4. The mine consists of a cast circular block of explosive cased in resin reinforced ...

** TMA-4 mine

Communications

Television Market Area A media market, broadcast market, media region, designated market area (DMA), television market area, or simply market is a region where the population can receive the same (or similar) television and radio station offerings, and may also incl ...

, official designation of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission * Tower Mounted Amplifier or masthead amplifier

Medicine

, a paraffin block in which tissue cores are assembled in array fashion to allow multiplex histological analysis

Other

* Tehsil Municipal Administration *

Tejano Music Awards The Tejano Music Awards (TMA) is an accolade created by former arts teacher and musician Rudy Trevino in 1980. The accolade recognizes outstanding performers of Tejano music, a German polka music, polka-based Latin music (genre), Latin music genre ...

* Texas A&M Maritime Academy, at

Texas A&M University at Galveston Texas A&M University at Galveston (TAMUG) is an ocean-oriented branch campus of Texas A&M University offering both undergraduate and graduate degrees. Students enrolled at Texas A&M University at Galveston, known affectionately as 'Sea Aggies', ...

* Theatre Musicians Association, US * TMA ( The Marketing Arm), a marketing and creative agency owned by Omnicom Group *

TMA Awards The UK Theatre Awards, established in 1991 and known before 2011 as the TMA Awards, are presented annually by UK Theatre (formerly the Theatrical Management Association) in recognition of creative excellence and outstanding work in regional thea ...

of the UK Theatrical Management Association *

Total Media Agency is a Japanese adult video company located in Tokyo, Japan. Company information TMA, founded in October 1990, has offices located within Tokyo's Toshima ward. The studio specializes in videos generally in the cosplay genre but they are especially ...

, a Japanese pornographic video production company * The

Mod Archive The Mod Archive is a website dedicated to the indexing and archival of playable music module files. It allows anyone to upload modules, and provides charts, reviews and ratings of music files based on a community effort. Formats * MOD * IT ...

, a web index and archive of playable music module files *

The Magnus Archives ''The Magnus Archives'' is a supernatural horror Podcast#Fiction_podcast, fiction podcast written by Jonathan Sims, directed by Alexander J. Newall, and distributed by Rusty Quill. Sims starred as the Head Archivist for the fictional Magnus Ins ...

, a fictional horror podcast produced by Rusty Quill * " The Magician's Apprentice", a 2015 episode of

Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson (writer and producer), Donald Wilson, depicts the adventures of an extraterre ...

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