abbreviation Also found in:Dictionary,Thesaurus,Medical,Legal,Financial,Acronyms,Wikipedia. abbreviation,in writing, arbitrary shortening of a word, usually by cutting off letters from the end, as in U.S. and Gen. (General). Contraction serves the same purpose but is understood strictly to be th...
(Grammar) a word or group of words used before a noun or pronoun to relate it grammatically or semantically to some other constituent of a sentence. Abbreviation:prep [C14: from Latinpraepositiōa putting before, frompōnereto place]
1.The act or process of preparing. 2.The state of having been made ready beforehand; readiness. 3.oftenpreparationsAn action done to prepare for something, especially for an event or undertaking:preparations for the opening of the new school. ...
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Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved. RRT Abbreviation for: radical radiation therapy rapid response team, see there ...
Expert authors annotate the most interesting papers from the expanding volume of information published today, saving valuable time and giving the reader insight on areas of importance. COPHAR is part of the Current Opinion and Research (CO+RE) suite of journals and is a companion to the new ...
SoftwareX aims to acknowledge the impact of software on today's research practice, and on new scientific discoveries in almost all research domains. SoftwareX also aims to stress the importance of the software developers who are, in part, responsible for this impact. To this end, SoftwareX aims...
Expert authors annotate the most interesting papers from the expanding volume of information published today, saving valuable time and giving the reader insight on areas of importance. COPHAR is part of the Current Opinion and Research (CO+RE) suite of journals and is a companion to the new ...
a Schematic illustration of a ball mill process using triboelectric materials. b Comparison between piezoelectric and contact-electrification (CE) effects, which suggests that catalyzing reactions by CE charges should be possible. The abbreviation “red” represents for reduction reactions, and “oxd” ...
Abbreviation: W or w 12. (Fortifications) a structure, wall, etc, built or used as part of a fortification system 13. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) at one's job or place of employment 14. in action; operating 15. make short work of informal to handle or dispose of very quickly...