Abbreviations

Abbreviation or Symbol	Meaning	Abbreviation or Symbol	Meaning
&	and	e.g.	for example
♠	change	et al.	and others
three dots in a triangle	therefore	et seq.	and the following
three dots in an inverted triangle	because	etc.	et cetera (and the rest)
~	approximately	fig.	figure
≥	greater than or equal to	g	gram (s)
≤	less than or equal to	h	hour (s)
>	greater than	i.e.	that is to say
<	less than	ibid.	in the same place
↓	decrease	kg	kilogram (s)
↑	increase	l	litre (s)
ºC	degrees Celsius	m	metre (s)
⁄	or	max.	maximum
a.s.a.p.	as soon as possible	mg	milligram (s)
app.	appendix	min	minute (s)
approx.	approximately	min.	minimum
b.	born	ml	millilitre (s)
b.p.	boiling point	N.B.	note well
c.	century (ies)	no. or #	number (s)
C/-	care of	p.	page
ca.	circa/about	pp.	pages
cf.	compare	re	about/concerning
ch.	chapter	s	seconds
cm	centimetre (s)	sen.	senior
co.	company	temp. or T	temperature
ctd.	continued	v. (versus)	against
d.	died	viz	namely
d.o.b.	date of birth	wt.	weight
Dept.	department	y.	year

References

Allen, R. E. (Ed.). (1990). The Concise Oxford dictionary. (8th ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

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