SPAD

See also: spad, spád, späd, spað, and spáð

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈspæd/
  • Rhymes: -æd

Phrase

SPAD

  1. (rail transport, UK) Initialism of signal passed at danger.
    Coordinate term: SPAR

Noun

SPAD (plural SPADs)

  1. (rail transport, UK) An instance of a signal passed at danger.
  2. (UK politics, informal) Alternative form of spad (“special advisor in government”).
  3. (plant science) A relative measurement of the amount of chlorophyll present in a leaf, based on measurements with a SPAD meter produced by Minolta.
  4. (military) Initialism of self-propelled air defense; a self-propelled anti-aircraft vehicle.

Verb

SPAD (third-person singular simple present SPADs, present participle SPADing, simple past and past participle SPADed)

  1. (rail transport, UK) To pass a signal at danger.

Anagrams

Malay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspad/ [ˈspat̪̚]

Proper noun

SPAD

  1. (transport) acronym of Suruhanjaya Pengangkutan Awam Darat (“Land Public Transport Commission”), a public transport regulatory agency in Malaysia
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