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  • An abbreviator (plural "abbreviators" in English, abbreviatores in Latin) or breviator was a writer of the Papal Chancery who adumbrated and prepared...
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  • Abbreviated dialing is the use of a very short digit sequence to reach specific telephone numbers, such as those of public services. The purpose of such...
    6 KB (692 words) - 18:07, 30 January 2024
  • The Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) is an anatomical-based coding system created by the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine to classify...
    9 KB (782 words) - 04:30, 16 May 2024
  • Abbreviation (redirect from Abbreviate)
    trailing period. For example: etcetera is usually abbreviated etc. and abbreviation is sometimes abbreviated abbr., abbrv., or abbrev.. But sometimes the trailing...
    32 KB (4,077 words) - 19:05, 22 May 2024
  • The Abbreviated Language for Authorization (ALFA) is a domain-specific language used in the formulation of access-control policies. XACML, the eXtensible...
    15 KB (1,568 words) - 14:10, 26 February 2024
  • The Abbreviated Mental Test score (AMTS) is a 10-point test for rapidly assessing elderly patients for the possibility of dementia. It was first used...
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    An Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) is an application for a U.S. generic drug approval for an existing licensed medication or approved drug. The...
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  • An Abbreviated Life is a memoir by Ariel S. Leve. In this book she tells the story of her childhood and her mother, American poet and feminist, Sandra...
    2 KB (135 words) - 14:10, 16 March 2024
  • decrease in the actual quantity. After the first occurrence, some writers abbreviate by using just "point" or "points". Consider the following hypothetical...
    4 KB (461 words) - 03:53, 11 February 2024
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    an additional letter of Latin writing used in epigrahic inscriptions to abbreviate the words filia or femina. It was also formerly used in the writing...
    4 KB (250 words) - 07:18, 19 February 2024
  • older Italian documents, a tilde is used to indicate a missing m after a vowel. So, ẽ is used to abbreviate em, as in tẽpo instead of tempo Mugnos, Filadelfo...
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    L
    was commonly used as a currency sign for the British pound sterling (to abbreviate the Latin libra, a pound, see £sd); in modern usage it has been overtaken...
    20 KB (1,868 words) - 17:15, 9 May 2024
  • Numeronyms can also make use of SI prefixes, as are commonly used to abbreviate long numbers (e.g. "1k" for 1000 or "1M" for 1000000). Examples of numeronyms...
    9 KB (942 words) - 14:55, 17 May 2024
  • Abbreviated Test Language for All Systems (ATLAS) is a specialized programming language for use with automatic test equipment (ATE). It is a compiled...
    12 KB (1,239 words) - 11:39, 6 May 2023
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    Ryakuji (redirect from Abbreviated Kanji)
    language, Ryakuji (Japanese: 略字 "abbreviated characters", or 筆写略字 hissha ryakuji, meaning "handwritten abbreviated characters") are colloquial simplifications...
    17 KB (1,866 words) - 02:57, 17 May 2024
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    Staurogram (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)
    trikhalkon indicating the coin value. The staurogram was first used to abbreviate stauros (σταυρός), the Greek word for cross, in very early New Testament...
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    M
    was used in ancient Roman texts to stand for mulier (woman) ꟿ : Archaic M was used in ancient Roman texts to abbreviate the personal name 'Manius' (A regular...
    14 KB (1,052 words) - 17:28, 9 May 2024
  • of the B-25 Mitchell bomber PB&J Otter, kid's program PBJ or PB&J may abbreviate for: Peanut Butter Jelly (song) Peanut Butter Jelly Time, song Probation...
    1 KB (191 words) - 13:14, 23 November 2023
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    Republican presidential nomination. Reporters covering Rockefeller came to abbreviate the expression as BOMFOG. Scott L. Althaus, Peter F. Nardulli, and Daron...
    3 KB (279 words) - 16:37, 28 October 2023
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    A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin baccalaureus artium, baccalaureus in artibus, or artium baccalaureus) is a bachelor's...
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