Mandibular Advancement Appliance. This is a term used to describe a range of dental devices which move the lower jaw forward. The term is more or less interchangeable with MRD, below.

Mandibular Advancement Appliance. similar dental device to MRD below.

U.S.: Abbreviation for: maximum authorized altitude

The Motor Accidents Authority of NSW. The MAA regulates the CTP Scheme in NSW and operates in accordance with the Motor Accidents Act 1988, as amended by the Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999.

Maximum Authorized IFR Altitude

The common European gull (Larus canus); -- called also mar. See New, a gull.

Marineartillerieabteilung Navy Artillery Detachment

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A program for LEAs to be reimbursed for staff activities necessary for the proper and efficient administration of the Medi-Cal program. The amount of reimbursement is based on an operational plan and periodic time surveys. The MAA program is separate from the LEA Medi-Cal Billing Option.

Mutual Assistance Agency, a nonprofit corporation that has no less than 51% of the Board of Directors or governing board comprised of refugees or former refugees, including both refugee men and women.

Mutual Assistance Agreement. An agreement between two geographically-separated business such that each will assist the other in the event of a data disaster, usually by sharing computer resources.

Medical Assistance Administration. The state agency authorized to administer medical care programs. See: Managed Care

Malaysian Automotive Association

Manufacturers Agents Association

Mathematical Association of America

Office of Management Accounting and Analysis

Multiple Accounts Analysis. MAA is an analytical technique that specifies a framework of evaluation accounts under which management scenarios can be systematically assessed in terms of their social, environmental and economic impacts. It is flexible and often utilizes non-monetary valuations of the likely effects.

Management Analysis and Accounting

Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs

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Sea Org equivalent of an Ethics Officer.

The correct distance to be maintained between yourself and your partner; the immediate surroundings and one's own position determine this spacing.

Mature Age Allowance