ακίδα

ακίδα • (akída) f (plural ακίδες)

1. wood splinter, thorn
2. sharp tip of metal objects, point, spike
3. prong, pin (of an electrical plug for an outlet)
4. front sight post (the center post of iron sights used for aiming a weapon or in a primitive finder sight for optical telescopes, range finders, etc.)
5. (acronym): Independent Movement of Kindergarten Teachers (movement started in 1992 in Greece, acronym written as Α.Κί.Δ.Α.)

• ακιδωτός (akidotós, “pointed”)
• ακιδοφόρος (akidofóros, “pointed”)
• αγκίδα f (agkída, “splinter”)
• εκτυπωτής ακίδων m (ektypotís akídon, “dot matrix printer”)

• and see: άγκιστρο n (ágkistro, “hook”)

• ακίδα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language