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Non-profit organizations

Abbreviated as NGO, and also known as not-for-profit organisation; an organisation that does not distribute its surplus capital to shareholders or owners, but instead uses them to pursue its original goals.They are usually exempt from income and property tax and most often include charitable organisations, trade unions and public arts organisations.

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arcsecond

Astronomy; General astronomy

One sixtieth of an arcminute, or 1/3600 of a degree.

argon (Ar, 1S0 in ground state)

Astronomy; General astronomy

colourless, odourless gas comprising 1% of the atmosphere

argument of the perihelion (ω, longitude of the perihelion)

Astronomy; General astronomy

Angular distance (measured in the plane of the object's orbit and in the direction of its motion) from the ascending node to the perihelion point.

array telescope

Astronomy; General astronomy

a telescope composed of an array of separete individual elements acting in concert

arsenic (As, 4S3/2 in ground state)

Astronomy; General astronomy

a metalloid element with two main forms, grey α arsenic and β arsenic

artifact

Astronomy; General astronomy

an object made by humans

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