MVA explained

MVA may refer to:

In arts and entertainment

• Monsters vs. Aliens (franchise)
  • Monsters vs. Aliens, a 2009 animated film
  • Monsters vs. Aliens: MvA, a 2013–2014 television series sequel to the film
• Music Video Awards, presented by the cable channel MTV
• MX vs. ATV, a crossover racing video game series

Businesses

• MVA in Asia, a global consultancy firm
• Mississippi Valley Airlines, a defunct US airline

In economics and finance

• Margin Valuation Adjustment, one of the X-Value Adjustments in relation to derivative instruments held by banks
• Market Value Accounting, an alternative accounting method used by banks
• Market value added, an economic metric
• Market Value Appraiser, in real estate
• Market value assessment, used in property taxation
• Merverdiavgift, a Norwegian Value Added Tax (VAT)

In politics

Maha Vikas Aghadi, the ruling coalition of parties that had formed a government in Maharashtra, India

In mathematics

• Mean value analysis, a solution technique for separable closed queueing networks
• Multivariate analysis, a collection of procedures that involve observation and analysis of more than one statistical variable at a time

In science and technology

In biology and medicine

• Malignant ventricular arrhythmia, a heart problem
• Manual vacuum aspiration, a method of abortion that consists of removing the embryo by suction
• Mevalonic acid, an important compound in molecular biology
• Mimotope Variation Analysis, an immunoprofiling technology
• Mitral valve area
• Modified vaccinia Ankara, a virus modified to carry vaccines

In computing and telecommunications

• Microsoft Virtual Academy, a free online training area for Microsoft technologies
• Model–view–adapter, a framework for creating computer user interfaces
• Multi-domain Vertical Alignment, an LCD display technology

Other uses in science and technology

• Megavolt-ampere, a unit of measure of apparent power
• Minimum Vectoring Altitude, the lowest altitude Air Traffic Control will typically use for radar vectoring of aircraft

Other uses

• Motor vehicle accident, or multi-vehicle accident
• Motor Vehicle Administration, in Maryland
• Motor Voter Act, an alternative name for the National Voter Registration Act of 1993