Ea
noun
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
Ea
1 American
[ey-ah]
/ ˈeɪ ɑ /
noun
-ea
2
American
ea.
3
American
abbreviation
ea.
British
abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of -ea
< Latin -ēa, -aea, -ea, feminine singular and neuter plural of -ēus, -aeus, -eus; see -ean
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Lan was an early adopter, diversifying his crop two decades ago and now boasting 400 durian trees in Ea Knuec commune, part of Dak Lak province.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
According to Prof Ian Rotherham, an ecologist and environmental historian from Sheffield Hallam University, Fishlake was caught in a pincer movement between two rivers, the Don and Ea Beck.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2020
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
Ea is the Aê of the preceding pages, the Oannes of Damascius.
From The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia by Theophilus Goldridge Pinches
Therefore now again the multiplied proportions are thus: ue, ea, ue, ea. iy, yu, en, ue; by the 32. e.
From The Way To Geometry by William Bedwell
So in the examples aforesaid, ea. and ei. are the shankes of the superficiary angle e; And so are the three surfaces aoi. ieo. and aeo. the shankes of the said angle o.
From The Way To Geometry by William Bedwell
Cr. 8vo, 6s. ea.; post 8vo, bds 2s.
From The Ivory Gate, a new edition by Sir Walter Besant
"And then, '2 ea. silk net as per patts herewith': ea., eh?"
From Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Cr. 8vo, cl., 3s. 6d. ea.; post 8vo, 2s. ea.
From The Ivory Gate, a new edition by Sir Walter Besant
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