abbreviation

"Medical jargon can be tricky, especially with abbreviations that differ across specialties. This is an even more difficult task when we refer to realistic hospital situations in which the room is not acoustically prepared."

Across the experiments, individuals who used texting abbreviations were perceived as more insincere and were less likely to receive replies because they were seen as exerting less effort in text conversations.

The trademarks do not cover the "WP" abbreviation, but the WordPress Foundation says: "please don’t use it in a way that confuses people".

The abbreviation stands for interferometric scattering, and biophysicists often use this technology to investigate things like the interaction of proteins.

Indians are fond of their abbreviations and acronyms and you’re likely to come across a fair few of those in this live page.