SMA

SMA may refer to:

Organisations

• Society of African Missions, a Catholic missionary organization
• Scouts Musulmans Algériens, the Algerian Muslim Scouts
• SMA Engines, a diesel aircraft engine manufacturer
• SMA Solar Technology, a manufacturer of solar inverters

Education

• Saint Mary's Academy, Dominica, a school in Dominica
• Sekolah Menengah Atas, Indonesian for "senior secondary school"
• Singapore–MIT alliance, an educational initiative

United States

• San Marcos Baptist Academy, a school in Texas
• Sarasota Military Academy, a school in Sarasota, Florida
• Science and Mathematics Academy, Aberdeen High School, Aberdeen, Maryland
• Staunton Military Academy, a former academy in Charles Town, Virginia

Science, engineering and technology

• Shape-memory alloy, a metal that "remembers" its geometry
• Shared memory architecture, a computer architecture
• SMA connector (SubMiniature version A), a type of coaxial radio-frequency connector
• Stone mastic asphalt, a type of road surface
• Styrene maleic anhydride, a copolymer with high heat properties
• Submillimeter Array, radio telescopes in Mauna Kea, Hawaii
• Signal magnitude area, a measure of the magnitude of a varying quantity
• SMA*, (Simplified Memory-Bounded Algorithm) for computer search
• Surface-mount assembly, an electronic assembly with surface-mount technology
• DO-214AC(SMA), a variant of the DO-214 diode package

Medicine

• Spinal muscular atrophy, a neuromuscular disorder
• Spinal muscular atrophies (SMAs), a genetically and clinically heterogeneous group of rare debilitating disorders
• Superior mesenteric artery, a blood vessel supplying the pancreas and part of the intestine
• Supplementary motor area, part of the sensorimotor cortex

Other uses

• Sima (Chinese surname), a Chinese surname
• Santa Maria Airport (Azores) (IATA code)
• Separately managed account, an individual investment account with an asset-based fee structure
• Special memorandum account
• Sergeant Major of the Army, the senior enlisted member of the U.S. Army
• Sexiest Man Alive, an annual feature of male celebrities by People magazine
• Simple moving average, in statistics
• "Sma", a 1999 song from the Point No. 1 album by hard rock band Chevelle
• Simulated milk adapted, an infant formula

See also

• SMA905 and SMA906; subminiature optical fiber connectors
• SMA12, SMA20 (sequential multiple analysis), former names for the comprehensive metabolic panel tests