spad

Meanings

1. A government adviser, often in a political or media role.

1. A nail one or two inches long, of iron, brass, tin, or tinner iron, with a hole through the flattened head, used to mark stations in underground surveying.

1. Clipping of spadona/spadone.

1. Initialism of signal passed at danger.

1. An instance of a signal passed at danger.
2. Alternative form of spad (“special advisor in government”).
3. A relative measurement of the amount of chlorophyll present in a leaf, based on measurements with a SPAD meter produced by Minolta.
4. Initialism of self-propelled air defense; a self-propelled anti-aircraft vehicle.

1. To pass a signal at danger.

1. Alternative letter-case form of spad (“special adviser”).

Etymology

Shortening of special adviser.