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"B.C." is commonly used in English instead to convey this meaning. ad. nat. delt. ad naturam delineavit "after nature" Example: "She drew this artwork ad. nat. delt." AMDG ad maiorem Dei gloriam, ad majorem Dei gloriam "for the greater glory of God" The motto of the Society of Jesus. An. Sal. AS Anno Salutis "the year of salvation"
Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.
Meaning Origin language and etymology Example(s) juxta-near to, alongside, or next to Latin iuxta: juxtaglomerular apparatus: kal-potassium: New Latin kalium, potassium hyperkalemia: kary-[3] nucleus Greek κάρυον (káruon), nut eukaryote: kerat-[4] cornea (eye or skin) Greek κέρας (kéras), horn keratoscope: kine-[5] movement
Letter Garden. Spell words by linking letters, clearing space for your flowers to grow. Can you clear the entire garden? By Masque Publishing
ad clerum: to the clergy: Formal letter or communication in the Christian tradition from a bishop to his clergy. An ad clerum may be an encouragement in a time of celebration or a technical explanation of new regulations or canons. ad coelum or a caelo usque ad centrum: from the sky to the center: i.e., "from Heaven all the way to the center of ...
The largest class of suspensions consists of single letters standing in for words that begin with that letter. A dot at the baseline after a capital letter may stand for a title if it is used such as in front of names or a person's name in medieval legal documents. However, not all sigla use the beginning of the word.
ad – adjoint representation (or adjoint action) of a Lie group. adj – adjugate of a matrix. a.e. – almost everywhere. AFSOC - Assume for the sake of contradiction; Ai – Airy function. AL – Action limit. Alt – alternating group (Alt(n) is also written as A n.) A.M. – arithmetic mean. AP – arithmetic progression. arccos ...
An argumentum ad nauseam is a logical fallacy in which erroneous proof is proffered by prolonged repetition of the argument, i. e., the argument is repeated so many times that persons are "sick of it". ad oculos: to the eyes: i.e., "obvious on sight" or "obvious to anyone that sees it" ad pedem litterae: to the foot of the letter