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Table of contents
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
A
Å angstrom
A or amp ampere
A1 first class
acct. account
adj. adjective
adv. adverb
AM amplitude modulation
amt. amount
AP Associated Press
approx. approximately
atm atmosphere
avdp avoirdupois
B
b. born
BC before Christ
B Ed Bachelor of Education
BL British Library
BM British Museum
BO body odour
bp boiling point
BR British Rail
BS British Standard
C
C (Latin centum, 'hundred'); century; centigrade; Celsius; 100 (Roman
numeral)
cal calorie
CE Common Era
CFC chlorofluorocarbon
cgs centimetre-gram-second
CH Companion of Honour
ch. chapter
chg. charge
cl centilitre
cm centimetre
c/o care of
co. company
CO Commanding Officer
C of E Church of England
cos cosine
cot cotangent
csc cosecant
cu cubic (measure)
cwt symbol for hundredweight, a unit of weight equal to 112 lb (50.80 kg) in
Canada and the UK, and 100 lb (45.36 kg) in the USA
D
d. day; diameter; died
dB decibel
DD Doctor of Divinity
dept department
dl decilitre
DM Deutschmark
doz. dozen
Dr doctor
dr dram
E
E east
EC European Community
e.g. exempli gratia (Latin 'for the sake of example'); for example
EU European Union
EV electron volt
F
F Fahrenheit; farad
FA Football Association
fem. feminine
fig. figure
fl oz fluid ounce
FM frequency modulation
foll. following
FT Financial Times
ft foot, feet
G
G gauss
g gram
G7 Group of Seven (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK, and the
USA)
gal gallon
Gb gigabyte
GC George Cross
gen. genitive
ger. gerund
GM George Medal
gr grain
H
H henry
ha hectare
HF high frequency
Hon. Honourable
HP hire purchase
hp horsepower
HQ headquarters
hr hour
Hz hertz
I
I 1 (Roman numeral)
ID identification
imp. important
in or in. inch
IQ intelligence quotient
IT information technology
J or j joule
Jr. junior
K
K kelvin; kilobyte; 1000
k karat
kc kilocycle
kcal kilocalorie
kg kilogram
kl kilolitre
km kilometre
KO knockout
kV kilovolt
kW kilowatt
kWh kilowatt-hour
L
L Roman numeral for 50
l litre
lat. latitude
lb-ft pound-foot
LF low frequency
Lib. Liberal
lib. library
log logarithm
long. longitude
LP long-playing (record)
Ltd. Limited
LW long wave
M
M Roman numeral for 1,000
m metre
m. male; married
MA Master of Arts
masc. masculine
max. maximum
MB or Mb megabyte
mdn. median
M Ed Master of Education
MeV mega-electronvolt
mfd. manufactured
mfg. manufacturing
mg milligram
MHz megahertz
mi mile
mks metre-kilogram-second
ml millilitre
mm millimetre
MO medical officer
mp melting point
MU monetary unit
mV millivolt
MV megavolt
MW megawatt
mW milliwatt
N
N north; newton
n. noun
NAAFI Navy Army and Air Force Institutes (forces catering service)
no. number
NZ New Zealand
O
o/a on account
OE Old English
OM Order of Merit
OT Old Testament
oz ounce
P
p. page (plural pp.)
part. participle
pc per cent
per pro or p.p. or pp per procurationem (Latin 'by the agency of'); by proxy
plur. plural
PM prime minister
pref. prefix
pt part; pint
Q
QC Queen's Counsel
qt quart
R
R Roentgen
r. reigned
Rd. road
RN Registered Nurse
S
S south
sin sine
sing. singular
sq square
Sr senior; señor
suff. suffix
T
t or tn ton or tonne
TA Territorial Army
tan tangent
TB tuberculosis
t.b.d. to be determined
tel. telephone
U
u.c. in typography, upper case, or capital letters
UK United Kingdom
UN United Nations
US United States
UV ultraviolet
V
V 5 (Roman numeral)
v velocity; volt
v. or vb. verb
v. or vs. versus
VC Victoria Cross
VD venereal disease
voc. vocative
vol. volume
W
W west; watt
WI Women's Institute
wt. weight
WWF World Wide Fund for Nature (formerly World Wildlife Fund)
X
X 10 (Roman numeral); a person or thing unknown
Y
yd yard
Z
Z impedance (electricity and magnetism)
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