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 Dictionary entry overview: What does CA mean? 

• CA (noun)
  The noun CA has 2 senses:

1. a white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light; the fifth most abundant element in the earth's crust; an important component of most plants and animals

2. a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes

  Familiarity information: CA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light; the fifth most abundant element in the earth's crust; an important component of most plants and animals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

atomic number 20; Ca; calcium

Hypernyms ("Ca" is a kind of...):

metal; metallic element (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Ca"):

calcium ion; factor IV (ion of calcium; a factor in the clotting of blood)

Holonyms ("Ca" is a substance of...):

fluor; fluorite; fluorspar (a soft mineral (calcium fluoride) that is fluorescent in ultraviolet light; chief source of fluorine)

gypsum (a common white or colorless mineral (hydrated calcium sulphate) used to make cements and plasters (especially plaster of Paris))

burnt lime; calcined lime; calcium oxide; calx; fluxing lime; lime; quicklime; unslaked lime (a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide)

limestone (a sedimentary rock consisting mainly of calcium that was deposited by the remains of marine animals)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

CA; Calif.; California; Golden State

Instance hypernyms:

American state (one of the 50 states of the United States)

Meronyms (parts of "CA"):

Mohave; Mohave Desert; Mojave; Mojave Desert (a desert area in southern California and western Arizona)

San Diego (a picturesque city of southern California on San Diego Bay near the Mexican border; site of an important naval base)

San Francisco (a port in western California near the Golden Gate that is one of the major industrial and transportation centers; it has one of the world's finest harbors; site of the Golden Gate Bridge)

San Jose (a city in western California located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay to the south of San Francisco; a center for computer and electronics industries)

San Mateo (a town in California to the south of San Francisco)

San Pablo (a town in western California to the north of Oakland on an arm of San Francisco Bay)

Santa Ana (a city in southern California to the east of Long Beach)

Santa Barbara (a town in southwestern California on the Pacific Ocean)

Santa Clara (a city of west central California; residential area with light industry)

Santa Cruz (a town in western California on Monterey Bay; a tourist center)

Big Sur (a picturesque coastal region of California to the south of San Francisco)

Silicon Valley (a region in California to the south of San Francisco that is noted for its concentration of high-technology industries)

Colorado Desert (an arid region of southeastern California)

Death Valley (a desert area that is part of the Mojave Desert in eastern California and southwestern Nevada; contains the lowest point in North America)

San Bernardino (a city in southern California to the east of Los Angeles)

Lake Tahoe (a lake on the border between Nevada and California to the west of Carson City; a popular resort area)

Donner Pass (a mountain pass in northeastern California near Lake Tahoe; site where in 1844 some members of an emigrant party survived by eating those who had died)

Golden Gate (a strait in western California that connects the San Francisco Bay with the Pacific Ocean; discovered in 1579 by Sir Francis Drake)

Klamath; Klamath River (a river flowing southwest from Oregon through northern California to the Pacific Ocean)

Monterey Bay (an inlet of the Pacific Ocean in western California)

Russian River (a river in northern California)

Sacramento River (a river in northern California rising near Mount Shasta and flowing south to the San Francisco Bay)

Salton Sea (a saltwater lake in southeastern California)

San Andreas Fault (a major geological fault in California; runs from San Diego to San Francisco; the source of serious earthquakes)

San Fernando Valley (a fertile valley in southern California to the north of Los Angeles; includes many residential communities)

San Joaquin River (a river in central California that rises in the Sierra Nevada and flows northwest to form a large delta with the Sacramento River)

San Joaquin Valley (a vast valley in central California known for its rich farmland)

Beverly Hills (a city in southwestern California surrounded by Los Angeles; home of many Hollywood actors)

High Sierra; Sierra Nevada; Sierra Nevada Mountains (a mountain range in eastern California; contains Mount Whitney)

Channel Islands National Park (a national park in California featuring sea birds and marine life)

Kings Canyon National Park (a national park in California that has giant sequoia trees and alpine lakes and glaciers)

Lassen Volcanic National Park (a national park in California having mountains and volcanic lakes and hot springs)

Redwood National Park (a national park in California featuring a redwood forest and Pacific Ocean coastline)

Sequoia National Park (a national park in California that includes Mount Whitney)

Yosemite National Park (a national park in California famous for its waterfalls and rock formations)

Mount Shasta; Shasta (a volcanic mountain peak in the Cascade Range in northern California (14,162 feet high))

Anaheim (a city in southern California (southeast of Los Angeles); site of Disneyland)

Bakersfield (a city in south central California at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley)

Barstow (a town in southeastern California)

Berkeley (a city in California on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay; site of the University of California at Berkeley)

Chula Vista (an industrial city in southern California (south of San Diego) near the Mexican border)

Eureka (a town in northwest California on an arm of the Pacific Ocean)

Fresno (a city in south central California in the San Joaquin Valley; center of an important agricultural area and gateway to the Sierra Nevada Mountains)

Long Beach (a city in southern California located on 8.5 miles of Pacific beachfront; was a resort until oil was discovered in 1921)

City of the Angels; L.A.; Los Angeles (a city in southern California; motion picture capital of the world; most populous city of California and second largest in the United States)

Monterey (a town in western California to the south of San Francisco on a peninsula at the southern end of Monterey Bay)

Oakland (a city in western California on San Francisco Bay opposite San Francisco; primarily and industrial urban center)

Palo Alto (a university town in California)

Pasadena (a city in southwestern California to the east of Los Angeles)

Redding (a town in north central California on the Sacramento River)

Riverside (a city in southern California)

capital of California; Sacramento (a city in north central California 75 miles to the northeast of San Francisco on the Sacramento River; capital of California)

Domain member region:

Achomawi (a community of Native Americans who speak a Hokan language and live in northeastern California)

Holonyms ("CA" is a part of...):

Southwest; southwestern United States (the southwestern region of the United States generally including New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, California, and sometimes Utah and Colorado)

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)

 Context examples 

CA-125 levels may also help monitor how well cancer treatments are working or if cancer has come back.

(CA-125, NCI Dictionary)

CA 19-9 is a fucosylated glycosphingolipid carbohydrate antigen that is soluble and is adsorbed to erythrocytes and to many adenocarcinomas of the digestive tract, especially pancreatic tumors.

(CA19-9 Antigen, NCI Thesaurus)

A dinucleotide repeat consisting of (CA/GT)n.

(CA Repeat, NCI Thesaurus)

CA 27.29 is a type of tumor marker.

(CA 27.29, NCI Dictionary)

CA 19-9 is a type of tumor marker.

(CA 19-9 assay, NCI Dictionary)

A test that measures the level of CA 19-9 in the blood.

(Cancer Antigen 19-9 Measurement, NCI Dictionary)

Oregovomab binds to the CA-125 antigen, which is found on most ovarian cancer cells.

(Oregovomab, NCI Dictionary)

OvaRex binds to the CA-125 antigen, which is found on most ovarian cancer cells.

(OvaRex, NCI Dictionary)

Provider: CyThera, Inc., San Diego, CA.

(CY10, NCI Thesaurus)

Intracellular CA II catalyses the formation of these ions.

(Collecting Duct Acid Secretion Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)