PEA
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Pea or some variant therein can refer to:
PEA can be an abbreviation for:
- PeaPeaA pea is most commonly the small spherical seed or the seed-pod of the pod fruit Pisum sativum. Each pod contains several peas. Peapods are botanically a fruit, since they contain seeds developed from the ovary of a flower. However, peas are considered to be a vegetable in cooking...
plant - "Pea" (song), on the Red Hot Chili Peppers album One Hot Minute
- Pea galaxyPea galaxyA Pea galaxy, also referred to as a Pea or Green Pea, is a type of Luminous Blue Compact Galaxy which is undergoing very high rates of star formation...
or "Green Pea", type of galaxy that appears green - Pea RiverPea RiverThe Pea River is a tributary of the Choctawhatchee River near Geneva, Alabama. It is a popular destination for those with canoes and other small boats, as well as fishermen seeking bass, sunfish, or mullet....
, Alabama, USA
PEA can be an abbreviation for:
- In biochemistry
- Phenylethylamine, also known as Phenethylamine
- Phenylethyl Alcohol AgarAgar plateAn agar plate is a Petri dish that contains a growth medium used to culture microorganisms or small plants like the moss Physcomitrella patens.Selective growth compounds may also be added to the media, such as antibiotics....
- PalmitoylethanolamidePalmitoylethanolamidePalmitoylethanolamide is an endogenous fatty acid amide, belonging to the class of endocannabinoids. PEA has been demonstrated to bind to a receptor in the cell-nucleus and exerts a great variety of biological functions related to chronic pain and inflammation. The main target is thought to be...
- In computing
- PEA (file format), the native archive file format of PeaZipPeaZipPeaZip is a file manager and file archiver for Microsoft Windows and GNU/Linux. It supports its native PEA archive format and other mainstream formats, with special focus on handling open formats...
- Push Effective Address, an assembly language instruction
- PEA (file format), the native archive file format of PeaZip
- In medicine
- Pulseless electrical activityPulseless electrical activityPulseless electrical activity or PEA refers a cardiac arrest situation in which a heart rhythm is observed on the electrocardiogram that should be producing a pulse, but is not...
, a form of cardiac arrest - Prenatal exposure to alcohol, also known as Fetal Alcohol syndromeFetal alcohol syndromeFetal alcohol syndrome is a pattern of mental and physical defects that can develop in a fetus in association with high levels of alcohol consumption during pregnancy. Current research also implicates other lifestyle choices made by the prospective mother...
- Pulseless electrical activity
- Other uses
- Phillips Exeter AcademyPhillips Exeter AcademyPhillips Exeter Academy is a private secondary school located in Exeter, New Hampshire, in the United States.Exeter is noted for its application of Harkness education, a system based on a conference format of teacher and student interaction, similar to the Socratic method of learning through asking...
- Polyadic equality algebras (See Cylindric algebraCylindric algebraThe notion of cylindric algebra, invented by Alfred Tarski, arises naturally in the algebraization of first-order logic with equality. This is comparable to the role Boolean algebras play for propositional logic. Indeed, cylindric algebras are Boolean algebras equipped with additional...
s) - Peartree railway stationPeartree railway stationPeartree railway station is a railway station serving the districts of Pear Tree, Normanton and Osmaston in the city of Derby, England. It is one of only two stations remaining open in the city other than the main Derby Midland Station, and is situated about one mile south of there on the main line...
, England; National Rail station code PEA - Public Eye AwardsPublic Eye AwardsThe Public Eye, held every year since 2000, is a counter-event to the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos. The Public Eye celebrated its ten-year anniversary on 28 January 2009....
, an award given to the corporations deemed most harmful to society - Provincial Electricity Authority, the branch of the Electricity Generating Authority of ThailandElectricity Generating Authority of ThailandThe Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand , , is a state enterprise that owns and manages the majority of Thailand's electricity generation capacity, as well as the nation's transmission network.EGAT is managed by the Ministry of Energy....
that is responsible for supplying all regions except the BangkokBangkokBangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom...
metropolitan area.
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