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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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 unstable transition state can then subsequently decay to yield stable products, C + D. The diagram depicts the reaction's activation energy, Ea, as the energy difference between the reactants and the transition state.
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
Of the god Ae or Ea all sorts of wonderful stories were told by the Babylonians, who attributed to him, as the god of wisdom and knowledge, the origin of the civilization which they enjoyed.
From The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia by Theophilus Goldridge Pinches
Cr. 8vo, 6s. ea.; post 8vo, bds 2s.
From The Ivory Gate, a new edition by Sir Walter Besant
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, cl., 3s. 6d. ea.; post 8vo, 2s. ea.
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
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