Acronyms for airline names later reduced in fashion and both carriers then moved on to their descriptive names.

Acronyms and initialisms are abbreviations formed from the initial components in a phrase or a word.

Acronyms and abbreviations can be considered codes, and in a sense all languages and writing systems are codes for human thought.

Acronyms, keyboard symbols and abbreviations are common types of Internet slang.

* GURGA-Group of Useless Recursive and Gurga Acronyms.

* Medical Acronyms – great searchable list of Nursing and medical acronyms.

US DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations.

Acronyms are popular in the Philippines.

Acronyms are not only prevalent in geography.

Acronyms are even used to name TV shows.

The Pakistan Muslim League-Q ( Urdu: پاکستان مسلم لیگ ق ; Acronyms: PML ( Q ), PML-Q, PMLQ ) is a centre-nationalist political party in Pakistan.

* Acronyms and initialisms from foreign languages are often treated as unanalyzed morphemes when they are not translated.

* DOH Acronyms at TheFreeDictionary. com

Acronyms commonly used to refer to the five traits collectively are OCEAN, NEOAC, or CANOE.

* Defense Acquisition Acronyms and Terms.

* Defense Acquisition Acronyms and Terms.

The principal advantages of compound turbines are the reduction in size of any one casing, the confinement of the highest pressure to the smaller casing ( which may be made of stronger and more expensive materials ) and the possibility of divided flow in the low-pressure casing for the purpose of equalizing end thrusts.

The fixation or reduction of carbon dioxide is a process in which carbon dioxide combines with a five-carbon sugar, ribulose 1, 5-bisphosphate ( RuBP ), to yield two molecules of a three-carbon compound, glycerate 3-phosphate ( GP ), also known as 3-phosphoglycerate ( PGA ).

In terms of transportation, the net result would be a 27 % total reduction in emissions of the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide, a 31 % total reduction in nitrogen oxides, a slight reduction in nitrous oxide emissions, an increase in particulate matter emissions, the same sulfur dioxide emissions, and the near elimination of carbon monoxide and volatile organic compound emissions ( a 98 % decrease in carbon monoxide and a 93 % decrease in volatile organic compounds ).

The compound carbonyl cyanide-p-trifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone ( abbreviated as FCCP ) is used to uncouple ATP synthesis and reduction of oxygen in oxidative phosphorylation in molecular biology.

Depending on the quinone and the site of reduction, reduction can either rearomatise the compound or break the conjugation.

The common ion effect is responsible for the reduction in solubility of an ionic precipitate when a soluble compound combining one of the ions of the precipitate is added to the solution in equilibrium with the precipitate.

Compared to simple planetary gears, compound planetary gears have the advantages of larger reduction ratio, higher torque-to-weight ratio, and more flexible configurations.

Chapelon developed the Kylchap exhaust in 1926 when it was tested on compound Pacifics of the 4500 and 3500 classes and a simple expansion Pacific of the 3591 class, producing significant improvements in steaming and in one case a 41 % reduction in back-pressure.

Further reduction yields a yellow quinoid compound.

The livers and stomachs of the Squalidae contain the compound squalamine, which possesses the property of reduction of small blood vessel growth in humans.

If only a small amount of compound just sufficient to fill the gaps is used, best temperature reduction will be obtained.

It is known that by gamma irradiation of PCBs that they can be converted into biphenyl and inorganic chloride, this is formally a reduction of the organic compound as hydrogen is added.

Electromyographic ( EMG ) studies usually show a variable reduction in the amplitude of compound muscle action potentials, but no abnormalities of repetitive nerve stimulation studies.

The Huang-Minglon modification ( after Huang Minglon ) is a convenient modification of the Wolff – Kishner reduction and involves heating the carbonyl compound, potassium hydroxide, and hydrazine hydrate together in ethylene glycol in a one-pot reaction.

The prolonged time required for loggerheads to reach sexual maturity and the high mortality rates of eggs and young turtles from natural phenomena compound the problems of population reduction as a consequence of human activities.

The catalyst is used for the hydrogenation of alkynes to alkenes ( i. e. without further reduction into alkanes ). Thus if a compound contains a double bond as well as a triple bond, only the triple bond reduces to a double bond as opposed to both bonds being reduced down to a single bond.

An example of a Staudinger reduction is the organic synthesis of this pinwheel compound:

The editorial was based on a news association dispatch which said that the telegraphers had secured an agreement whereby they were guaranteed 40 hours' pay per week whether they worked or not and that a reduction in their number was limited to 2 per cent per year.

I again proposed a reduction in the Army National Guard and Army Reserve -- from their present strengths of 400,000 and 300,000, respectively, to 360,000 and 270,000 by the end of the fiscal year 1961.

During the Triassic Period (), the reptiles began to out-compete the amphibians, leading to a reduction in both the amphibians ' size and their importance in the biosphere.

This reduction is the same level achieved by “ terminal ” cleaning regimens conducted after patients vacate their rooms.

By encouraging countries to keep wastes within their boundaries and as close as possible to its source of generation, the internal pressures should provide incentives for waste reduction and pollution prevention.

The canals caused price convergence between different regions because of their reduction in transportation costs, which allowed Americans to ship and buy goods from farther distances for much lower prices compared to before.

Moore also stated that a reduction of ethical properties to a divine command would be the same as stating their naturalness.

* In March 2009, some EDS employees, based in the USA and Puerto Rico, were informed that their salaries would be cut 10 % during the April 2009 pay periods, albeit with no reduction to drop a salary below $ 40, 000 a year.

In a full electrochemical cell, species from one half-cell lose electrons ( oxidation ) to their electrode while species from the other half-cell gain electrons ( reduction ) from their electrode.

He proposed the reduction of the alphabet to 22 letters ( by eliminating the accented letters and most of their sounds ), the change of the plural to-i, the use of a positional accusative instead of the ending-n, the removal of the distinction between adjectives and adverbs, the reduction of the number of participles from six to two, and the replacement of the table of correlatives with more Latinate words or phrases.

The Manifesto supported the creation of an eight-hour work day for all workers, a minimum wage, worker representation in industrial management, equal confidence in labour unions as in industrial executives and public servants, reorganization of the transportation sector, revision of the draft law on invalidity insurance, reduction of the retirement age from 65 to 55, a strong progressive tax on capital, confiscation of the property of religious institutions and abolishment of bishoprics, and revision of military contracts to allow the government to seize 85 % of their profits.

Wild plants and animals do not perceive radiation as dangerous, and any slight reduction it may cause in their lifespans is far less a hazard than is the presence of people and their pets ...

In conjunction with the arrival of European poetry and music this caused a significant reduction in the number of traditional folk songs and their singers.

Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides or Their Transboundary Fluxes, opened for signature on 31 October 1988 and entered into force on 14 February 1991, was to provide for the control or reduction of nitrogen oxides and their transboundary fluxes.

For example, an oligopoly considering a price reduction may wish to estimate the likelihood that competing firms would also lower their prices and possibly trigger a ruinous price war.

In 2007, Italian investigators reported that 75 % of the patients in their study who took peppermint oil capsules for four weeks had a major reduction in irritable bowel syndrome ( IBS ) symptoms, compared with just 38 % of those who took a placebo.

However, their efficacy is limited and they have many side effects, including breast growth, headaches, weight gain, and reduction in bone density.

This type of language is used, according to E. Segal, for “ the forceful inversion, the reduction of the master to an abject position of supplication … the master-as-suppliant is thus an extremely important feature of the Plautine comic finale .” The imperative mood is therefore used in the complete role-reversal of the normal relationship between slave and master, and “ those who enjoy authority and respect in the ordinary Roman world are unseated, ridiculed, while the lowliest members of society mount to their pedestals … the humble are in face exalted ”.

The Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants is an agreement to provide for the control and reduction of emissions of persistent organic pollutants ( POPs ) in order to reduce their transboundary fluxes so as to protect human health and the environment from adverse effects.

Hansard records that on 15 December 1837, Benjamin Hawes asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer " whether it was the intention of the Government to give effect to the recommendation of the Commissioners of the Post-office, contained in their ninth report relating to the reduction of the rates of postage, and the issuing of penny stamps?

Accordingly, the racial paradigms employed in different disciplines vary in their emphasis on biological reduction as contrasted with societal construction.