Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • abbreviation radioimmunoassay

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In physical geography, a drowned valley: distinguished from a fiord by the absence of all forms due to glacial erosion. Also written rias.

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  • noun radioimmunoassay
  • noun computing Rich Internet Application
  • noun Reactivity Initiated Accident

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Examples

  • On the asset management side we will produce materials under the name "RIA Connect."

    Forbes.com: News Elizabeth MacBride 2011

  • When I first started the RIA Evangelism role in Microsoft, I had this nagging feeling that the term RIA was just all over the place.

    Miami SEO | Online Marketing | Rumblepup 2008

  • That's sad, not because I am attached to the term, but simply because it's a much easier way for customers to frame the conversation with other customers, and not have to spend time educating them. recently tried his best to define the term RIA, but has failed.

    Miami SEO | Online Marketing | Rumblepup 2008

  • RIA is now used to measure hundreds of substances of biologic interest in thousands of laboratories in our country and abroad, even in scientifically less advanced lands.

    Rosalyn Yalow - Autobiography 1978

  • RIA is so sensitive that it allowed determination of insulin in amounts as small as 10-20 pg and ACTH in an amount less than 1 pg (or one thousand-billionth g) per ml.

    Physiology or Medicine 1977 - Press Release 1977

  • Are there corner cases where using a RIA is the way to go?

    Hottest News Articles 2009

  • Are there corner cases where using a RIA is the way to go?

    Hottest News Articles 2009

  • The article covers XmlHttpRequest and the notion of RIA (Rich Internet Applications)

    Francis Shanahan[.com] 2009

  • "Marketing gurus create new terminology like 'RIA' and 'Web 2.0' in order to force people to engage in new conversations without them dragging along their baggage of ingrained prejudices about what something is or is not," Voisen contends.

    Latest News from AJAX & RIA Journal 2009

  • He disagrees with 'RIA' as a term for two reasons: "First, because like all things techy, it's already obsolete and second because it's limiting." admits that while he hates 'RIA' he also loves it:

    Latest News from AJAX & RIA Journal 2009

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