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  2. Street suffix - Wikipedia

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    This list below has examples of suffix forms that are primary street suffix names, common street suffixes or suffix abbreviations, recommended by the United States Postal Service. [2] Commonly used street abbreviations are within parentheses.

  3. List of geographic acronyms and initialisms - Wikipedia

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    Acronyms are abbreviations formed by the initial letter or letters of the words that make up a multi-word term. For the most part, the geographic names in this list were derived from three or more other names or words. Those derived from only two names are usually considered portmanteaus and can be found in the List of geographic portmanteaus ...

  4. Human height - Wikipedia

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    Height measurement using a stadiometer. Human height or stature is the distance from the bottom of the feet to the top of the head in a human body, standing erect.It is measured using a stadiometer, [1] in centimetres when using the metric system or SI system, [2] [3] or feet and inches when using United States customary units or the imperial system.

  5. Height - Wikipedia

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    Height is normal to the plane formed by the length and width. Height is also used as a name for some more abstract definitions. These include: The height or altitude of a triangle, which is the length from a vertex of a triangle to the line formed by the opposite side; The height of a pyramid, which is the smallest distance from the apex to the ...

  6. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers - Wikipedia

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    the primary SI units for personal height and weight are centimetres and kilograms. Special considerations: Quantities set via definition (as opposed to measured quantities) should be given first in the units used in the definition, even if this makes the structure of presentation inconsistent: During metrication, the speed limit was changed ...

  7. Abbreviation - Wikipedia

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    An abbreviation may be a shortened form of a word with a trailing period. For example: etcetera is usually abbreviated etc. and abbreviation is sometimes abbreviated abbr., abbrv., or abbrev.. But sometimes the trailing period is not used for such shortened forms. A contraction is an abbreviation formed by replacing letters with an apostrophe.

  8. List of medical abbreviations: H - Wikipedia

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    height: HTLV: human T-lymphotropic virus: HTN: hypertension: HTPA: hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis: HTVD: hypertensive vascular disease HUS: hemolytic uremic syndrome: HVA: homovanillic acid: HVLT: high-velocity lead therapy (facetious term for gunshot wound) Hx: history (of)

  9. List of U.S. state and territory abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    The traditional abbreviations for U.S. states and territories, widely used in mailing addresses prior to the introduction of two-letter U.S. postal abbreviations, are still commonly used for other purposes (such as legal citation), and are still recognized (though discouraged) by the Postal Service. [12]