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Fas or FAS may refer to:
Businesses
- Fiat Automobili Srbija, an automobile-manufacturing company based in Kragujevac, Serbia
- Film Authors' Studio, a Croatian film-production company
Organizations
In research and academia
- Architecture and Surveying Institute, formerly the Faculty of Architects and Surveyors
- Faculty of Arts and Science:
- Federation of American Scientists, a non-profit organization formed in 1945 by scientists from the Manhattan Project
- Federation of Astronomical Societies, an international union of astronomical societies, formed in 1974
In sport
- Football Association of Serbia
- Football Association of Singapore
- Club Deportivo FAS, a Salvadoran football club
Other organizations
- Femmes Africa Solidarité, an NGO founded in 1996
- Foras Áiseanna Saothair, a state agency in Ireland responsible for employment assistance
- Foreign Agricultural Service, a service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture with primary responsibility for overseas programs
- Freedom and Solidarity, a conservative liberal political party in Slovakia
- Fuerzas Armadas de España, the Spanish Armed Forces
Places
- Fes, Morocco, the third-largest city in Morocco, as an alternate spelling
- Poti, Georgia, a port city in Georgia
In science and technology
In biology and medicine
- Fas receptor, also known as CD95, a receptor protein of the TNF receptor family that induces apoptosis on binding the Fas ligand
- Fatty acid synthase, an enzyme in humans
- Fetal alcohol syndrome, a birth-defect caused by overconsumption of alcohol during pregnancy
- Foreign accent syndrome, a medical condition whereby a person acquires an accent when speaking their native language, usually as a result of brain damage
Other uses in science and technology
- Fabric-attached storage, for computer data
- Feedback arc set, a concept in graph theory
- Ferrous Ammonium Sulfate or Mohr's Salt, a light green crystalline solid with the formula Fe(SO4)2(NH4)2.6H2O (CAS number: 10045-89-3)
- Final assembly schedule, schedule for items to finish in a make-to-order (MTO) or assemble-to-order (ATO) environment
- Forced Auto Stop, a hypermiling technique involving turning off an automobile's internal combustion engine, shifting into neutral and coasting down hills to reduce gasoline use
Other uses
- Fas, Latin for "permissible" or "right", a concept of ancient Roman religion
- Federal Aid Highway System, roads built in the United States with funds provided by the federal government
- Financial Accounting Standard, a standard determined by the Financial Accounting Standards Board
- Free African Society, an 18th-century African-American community
- Free Alongside Ship, in trade, an International Commercial Term
See also
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