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SOTA

SOTA is the initialism of state of the art.

Meaning of state of the art

Noun

state of the art (uncountable)

  1. The condition of scientific or technical knowledge, particularly the peak or highest level thereof, at a particular time.
    • The foregoing may be considered to present perhaps a very gloomy outlook both for the would-be inventor, the actual patentee, or for those having capital invested in a patent, since it is easy to see that it is quite impossible in the ordinary run of cases fully to ascertain beyond peradventure...1903 August 15, “Supplement, No. 1441”, in Scientific American, page xlii
    Synonyms:
    SOTA

See all 2 meanings of state of the art

Proper noun (1) capitalized: SotA

SotA

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Shield of the Americas.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Sota

Sota

  1. A Japanese male given name.

Questions about SOTA

What does SOTA mean?
SOTA means a Japanese male given name.
What is SOTA the initialism of?
SOTA is the initialism of state of the art.
What part of speech is SOTA?
SOTA is a proper noun.

Words near SOTA in the dictionary

  1. sostrum
  2. sosumba
  3. sosumi
  4. sot
  5. sot-weed
  6. SOTA
  7. Sotadean
  8. sotadic
  9. Sotadic Zone
  10. Sotadics
  11. sotagliflozin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: SOTA (page history and authors); SotA (page history and authors); Sota (page history and authors); state of the art (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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