Drivers refer to the system as an "MOT test" - an abbreviation of Ministry of Transport.
B-meson, as the abbreviation suggests, is any meson that contains a bottom (or an antibottom) quark.
In June, he won at Hawaii's Ironman 70.3 an abbreviation for half Ironman, the full distance being 140.6 miles.
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Then the group that discovers the element is asked to provide a name and abbreviation for the element.
In just the last week, the abbreviation APT1 has come to represent the bogeyman of digital espionage nightmares.
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Apple did not discuss NFC and the discussion of Passport was an abbreviation of what was said at WWDC.
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You might have noticed the abbreviation HPUS in that ingredient list: this refers to the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia, a list of homeopathic drugs.
The North's news agency typically refers to the country by the abbreviation of its formal name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
The system of expert polls and computer rankings used to select those teams generated controversy, however, and the abbreviation "BCS" became one of the most maligned in sports.
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For the week of July 11, the fastest gaining search term was "Hurricane Dennis, " followed closely by "NOAA, " the abbreviation for the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
That's wrong on two counts: First, the abbreviation is BMEP.
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The need for speed of e-communications has led to some of this abbreviation in language, as well as the rise of other metadata and media types within the text of our conversations.
"There is not any issuer of limited benefit coverage that could meet the enhanced MLR standards, " said Neil Trautwein, a vice president at the National Retail Federation, using the abbreviation for medical loss ratio.
The pseudonym of the People's Daily columnist, Zhong Xuanli, is one the department has used before to signal its authorship (the name sounds in Chinese like an abbreviation of the Propaganda Department Theoretical Bureau).
Many U.S.-bound students plan the calendar year around the six or seven official dates for the SAT, an abbreviation for Scholastic Aptitude Test, and the supplementary SAT subject tests because not all sections are offered every time.
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"There may be talks between the DPRK and the U.S. for disarmament but no talks on denuclearization, " the final sentence of the article said, using the abbreviation for North Korea's formal name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
WabiSabiLabi, whose name combines a Japanese word for "imperfection" and a German abbreviation for "laboratory, " tests each vulnerability to ensure it fits the seller's description, and in six months plans to begin charging a 10% commission for its services.
Borrowing an abbreviation from restaurants without a liquor license where Bring Your Own Bottle (BYOB) is a route to saving on the drinks bill, the move has been christened Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), of course, in the abbreviation-plagued tech world.
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Verizon said the number of texts sent by its users continues to grow every year and highlighted that a high percentage of its smartphone users select pricing plans that include SMS, an abbreviation that dates to 1985 when texting was known as short message system.
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