Ea

¹ American  

[ey-ah] / ˈeɪ ɑ /

noun

1. the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.

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-ea ² American  

1. a suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin.

   cornea.

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ea. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. each.

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ea. British  

abbreviation

1. each

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Etymology

Origin of -ea

< Latin -ēa, -aea, -ea, feminine singular and neuter plural of -ēus, -aeus, -eus; -ean

Example Sentences

Alvin Ea, chief executive of Singapore's largest container haulage platform, Haulio, believes that the industry has become a lot more resilient, by looking at options other than China.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2022

The catalyzed reaction mechanism involves a lower energy transition state than the uncatalyzed reaction, resulting in a lower activation energy, Ea, and a correspondingly greater rate constant.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

The two novellas follow Mokoya and Akeha, the twin children of Protector Sanao who are trying to find their place in a fantastic, steampunk-styled world known as Ea.

From The Verge • Sep. 1, 2017

The movie explores this notion by sending Ea on her own world-saving mission, which will require her to track down six willing apostles of her own.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2016

Then Ea began to strike the water with his right fin, throwing the water up on all sides in mighty waves, expecting to overthrow Lono-kai and his boat.

From Legends of Gods and Ghosts (Hawaiian Mythology) Collected and Translated from the Hawaiian by Westervelt, W. D. (William Drake)