ABBREVIATION
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Mus. D. | |
N.P. | |
P.C. | |
Ph.D. | |
P.P. | |
P.R.A. | President of the Royal Academy.
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Q.C. | |
R. | |
R.A. | |
R.A.M. | |
R.E. | |
Reg. Prof.Regius Professor.
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R.M. | |
R.N. | |
S. or St. | |
S.S.C. | |
S.T.P. | |
V.C. | Vice-Chancellor. Victoria Cross.
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V.G. | |
V.S. | |
W.S. |
2. Abbreviations denoting Monies, Weights, and Measures:—[1]
ac. | acre.
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bar. | ||||
bus. | ||||
c. | cent.
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c. (or cub.) ft. &c.cubic foot, &c.
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mo. | |||
cwt. | na. | nail.
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d. | oz. | |||
deg. | pk. | peck.
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dr. | po. | pole.
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dwt. | pt. | pint.
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f. | q. | |||
fl. | qr. | |||
ft. | foot.
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qt. | ||
fur. | ro. | rood.
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gal. | Rs.[2] | |||
gr. | s. or / | |||
h. or hr.hour.
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s. or sec.second.
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hhd. | sc. or scr.scruple.
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in. | inch.
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sq. ft. &c.square foot, &c.
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kilo. | st. | |||
yd. | yard.
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3. Miscellaneous Abbreviations.
A. | Accepted.
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A.C. | |
acc., a/c., or acct.Account.
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A.D. | |
A.H. | |
A.M. | |
A.M. | (Ante meridiem), Forenoon.
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Anon. | Anonymous.
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A.U.C. | |
B.C. | |
C. | |
cent.[4] | |
Cf. | (Confer), Compare.
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Ch. or Chap.Chapter.
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Co. | |
Cr. | |
curt. | Current, the present month.
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D.G. | |
Do. | Ditto, the same.
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Dr. | |
D.V. | (Deo volente), God willing.
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e.g. | (Exempli gratia), For example.
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ect. or &c.(Et cætera), And the rest; and so forth.
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Ex. | Example.
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Fec. | (Fecit), He made (or did) it.
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fl. | Flourished.
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Fo. or Fol.Folio.
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f.o.b. | Free on board.
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G.P.O. | General Post Office.
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H.M.S. | |
Ib. or Ibid.(Ibidem), In the same place.
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Id. | (Idem), The same.
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i.e. | (Id est), That is.
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I.H.S. | |
Inf. | (Infra), Below.
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inst. | Instant, the present month.
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I.O.U. | I owe you.
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i.q. | |
κ.τ.λ. | (καὶ τὰ λοιπά), Et cætera, and the rest.
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Lat. | |
l.c. | (Loco citato), In the place cited.
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Lon. or Long.Longitude.
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L.S. | |
Mem. | (Memento), Remember, Memorandum.
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MS. | |
N.B. | (Nota bene), Mark well; take notice.
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N.B. | |
N.D. | No date.
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nem. con.(Nemine contradicente), No one contradicting.
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No. | |
N.S. | |
N.T. | |
ob. | (Obiit), Died.
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Obs. | Obsolete.
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O.H.M.S.On Her Majesty's Service.
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O.S. | |
O.T. | |
P. | Page.Pp. Pages.
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Pinx. | |
P.M. | (Post meridiem), Afternoon.
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P.O. | |
P.P.C. | |
P.R. | |
prox. | |
P.S. | Postscript.
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Pt. | Part.
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p.t. or pro. tem.(Pro tempore), For the time.
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P.T.O. | Please turn over.
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Q., Qu., or Qy.Query; Question.
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q.d. | |
Q.E.D. | (Quod erat demonstrandum), which was to be demonstrated.
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Q.E.F. | |
q.s. or quant. suff.(Quantum sufficit), As much as is sufficient.
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q.v. | (Quod vide), Which see.
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R. or ℞.(Recipe), Take.
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√ (= r. for radix), the sign of the square root.
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R.I.P. | (Requiescat in pace!), May he rest in peace!
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sc. | (Scilicet), Namely; that is to say.
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Sc. or Sculp.(Sculpsit), He engraved it.
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s.p. | (Sine prole), Without offspring.
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S.P.G. | |
Sup. | (Supra), Above.
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s.v. | (Sub voce), Under the word (or heading).
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T.C.D. | |
ult. | |
U.S. | |
v. | (Versus), Against.
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v. or vid.(Vide), See.
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viz. | (Videlicet), Namely.
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V.R. | |
Xmas. |
(See Grævius's Thesaurus Antiquitatum, 1694, sqq.; Nicolai's Tractatus de Siglis Veterum; Mommsen's Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, 1863, sqq.; Natalis de Wailly's Paléographie, Paris, 1838; Alph. Chassant's Paléographie, 1854, and Doctionnaire des Abréviations, 3d ed., 1866. A manual of the abbreviations in current use is a desideratum.)
Abbreviators, a body of writers in the Papal Chancery, whose business is to sketch out and prepare in due form the Pope's bulls, briefs, and consistorial decrees.
- ↑ Characters, not properly abbreviations, are used in the same way; e.g., ° ' " for "degrees, minutes, seconds," (circular measure) ℥, ℨ, ℈ for "ounces, drachms, scruples." ℥ is probably to be traced to the written form of the z in "oz"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 These forms (as well as $, the symbol for the American dollar) are placed before their amounts.
- ↑ It is given to Austria to rule the whole earth. The device of Austria, first adopted by Frederick III.
- ↑ "Per cent." is often signified by %, a form traceable to "100."