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Symbol for 1 are. 2 atto-. 3 year. [from French année]
a Reference library
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Symbol (light ital.) for 1 acceleration (in nonvector equations; a); in vector equations it is printed in bold italic
A Reference library
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Symbol for 1 (light ital.) absorbance. 2 (light ital.) activity. 3 (light ital.) affinity (chemical). 4 (light ital.) area. 5
Å Reference library
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Symbol for angstrom.
A Reference library
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1 A blood group and its associated antigen (see ABO).
2 Symbol for i acid-catalysed (see reaction
a- Reference library
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Prefix denoting absence of, lacking, not (e.g. abiotic, *acellular, achromatic, asexual, anaerobic, anechoic, *anhydrous).
a.c. Reference library
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Abbrev. for alternating current.
a.f. Reference library
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Abbrev. for audiofrequency.
a.f.c. Reference library
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Abbrev. for automatic frequency control.
a.g.c. Reference library
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Abbrev. for automatic gain control.
a.v.c. Reference library
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Abbrev. for automatic volume control.
A/D Reference library
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Abbrev. for analog-to-digital.
AAO Reference library
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Abbrev. for Anglo-Australian Observatory (Siding Spring, NSW).
AAR Reference library
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Abbrev. for amino acid racemization.
AAS Reference library
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Abbrev. for atomic absorption spectroscopy.
AAT Reference library
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Abbrev. for Anglo-Australian Telescope (Siding Spring, NSW).
AAV Reference library
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Abbrev. for adeno-associated virus. See dependovirus.
AB Reference library
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A blood group of the *ABO system.
ab- Reference library
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Prefix denoting 1 away from or opposite to (e.g. abaxial, aboral).2 Obsolete an electromagnetic unit in the cgs system
ABA Reference library
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Abbrev. for abscisic acid.
