VLA

American  

Astronomy.

1. Very Large Array.

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VLA British  

abbreviation

1. very large array

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Example Sentences

Shares in Valneva VLA 6.81%increase; green up pointing triangle rose after the French biotech company reported positive final data from a mid-stage study of a Lyme disease vaccine candidate it is developing with Pfizer.

From The Wall Street Journal

Built between 1973 and 1981, the VLA comprises 28 large, 25m diameter, dish antennas spaced out across a desert plain.

From BBC

The researchers combined observational data from Chandra and the VLA with an independent estimate of the black hole's mass from other telescopes to inform the outflow method and determine the black hole's spin.

From Science Daily

The VLA observations revealed that gas clouds in these galaxies are orbiting much slower than would be expected if the galaxies harbored typical amounts of dark matter.

From Scientific American

Other astronomers were intrigued but still skeptical because the VLA observations were not strong enough to support definitive conclusions.

From Scientific American