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 Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 3:25 pm
I was just wondering if someone could put a sticky detailing any commonly used abreviations and what they mean. Maybe just a few to start with then more could be added later....?
Sorry if this seems a little odd, as everyone seems to know them all, but I think it might be useful and would save a lot of time and confusion for anybody who might not know particular ones....
ninja
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Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 9:59 pm
ummm, what kind of abriviations are you talking about?
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Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 11:43 am
KaitlynintheGoal ummm, what kind of abriviations are you talking about? I am thinking things like GR, SR and such. If not that, the only thing that I can think of is the symbols used in the math...
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Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 12:02 pm
I don't think that they would really help bc most of the time people only write abbreviations when the abbreviated word has already been mentioned.
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Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 7:59 pm
Things like?
EWSB - Electroweak symmetry breaking
GTR / GR - General Theory of Relativity
HUP - Heisenberg's uncertainy principle
PEP - Pauli's exclusion principle
QED - Quantum electrodynamics
QCD - Quantum chromodynamics
QFT - Quantum field theory
QM - Quantum mechanics
RQM - Relativistic quantum mechanics
STR / SR - Special Theory of Relatvity
All of those I would use without explanation so it may be helpful.
I wonder if a primer might be useful?
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Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 5:08 am
yoyoman1_7 I don't think that they would really help bc most of the time people only write abbreviations when the abbreviated word has already been mentioned. Bolding mine. Am I the only one who found it ironic? Iguana: I would assume that's what she's talking about. A quick look on wikipedia gives results for the ones like GTR or HUP, but others like EWSB or PEP I don't get any quick results for from google or wikipedia, or even acronymfinder.com
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Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 2:02 pm
actually... I think it would be a good idea. Every textbook or anything that aims at least in part to teach includes a table of contents detailing symbols or abbreviations which may be used without explaination. Considering the majority of the audience are not physicist, it would be a useful tool.
I'll make that sticky, and I'll take the list A Lost Iguana has already posted. The list will be in alphabetical order (so if you have no idea what's going on, it's easy to find) and it will be periodically updated. I shall also open the sticky for suggestions to add new abbreviations on, but only the first post will include the full and updated list.
Anyone else want to voice their opinions before this is done?
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Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 2:44 pm
I think a thread with the abbreviations, the SI prefixes [they can be helpful, I would go from 10^-18 to 10^+18, i.e. atto to exa] and maybe a little explanation of the research fields because the two threads in the atomic section are more particle physics [e.g. elementary particles and deeper nature of things] and not atomic/molecular [e.g. laser trapping of atoms, Ps experiments, etc.] XD
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Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 3:56 pm
A Lost Iguana: regarding how to post in subforums, I myself have trouble With the Atomic and Molecular Physics subforum (I simply don't know what goes there) so I suggest we put a sticky in each subforum describing that area of research in physics, and delineating what should be posted there and what shouldn't. I shall ask VorpalNeko to do that, since he is a practicing phsyicist, and since he understands these areas much better than me.
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 1:46 pm
Ok...well, glad i could help...er.....hehe....
(sorry, haven't been on for a while.....) ninja
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Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 6:41 pm
well, it was a good idea, btw, anyone think of anything else we can put in there?
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