Ada
WordNet
noun
(1) An enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia
"ADA deficiency can lead to one form of severe combined immunodeficiency disease"
"The gene encoding ADA was one of the earlier human genes to be isolated and cloned for study"
WiktionaryText
Etymology
Short form of names beginning with , such as Adelaide. Also Latinized form of Hebrew Adah. The programming language takes its name from Ada Lovelace.
Proper noun
Quotations
- 1818 George Gordon Byron, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto the third: I:
- Is thy face like thy mother's, my fair child!
- Ada! Sole daughter of my house and heart?
See also
- wikipedia:Ada programming language
- wikibooks:Ada Programming