Abbreviations & Acronyms

AD —Anno Domini

AFL–CIO—American Federation of Labor–Congress of Industrial Organizations

AM —before noon

AM—amplitude modulation

b.—born

BC —Before Christ

Btu—British thermal unit(s)

bu—bushel(s)

c.—circa (about)

C —Celsius (Centigrade)

C $—Canadian dollar

cm—centimeter(s)

Co.—company

comp.—compiler

Corp.—corporation

CST—Central Standard Time

cu—cubic

cwt—hundredweight(s)

d.—died

e—evening

E —east

ed.—edition, editor

e.g.—exempli gratia (for example)

est.—estimated

EST—Eastern Standard Time

et al.—et alii (and others)

etc.—et cetera (and so on)

F —Fahrenheit

FM—frequency modulation

Ft.—fort

ft—foot, feet

GDP—gross domestic product

gm—gram

GMT—Greenwich Mean Time

GNP—gross national product

GRT—gross registered tons

Hist.—Historic

i.e.—id est (that is)

in—inch(es)

Inc.—incorporated

Jct.—junction

K—kindergarten

kg—kilogram(s)

km—kilometer(s)

km/hr—kilometers per hour

kw—kilowatt(s)

kwh—kilowatt-hour(s)

lb—pound(s)

m—meter(s); morning

m ³ —cubic meter(s)

mi—mile(s)

Mon.—monument

mph—miles per hour

MST—Mountain Standard Time

Mt.—mount

Mtn.—mountain

mw—megawatt(s)

N —north

NA—not available

Natl.—National

NATO—North Atlantic Treaty Organization

n.d.—no date

N.F.—National Forest

oz—ounce(s)

PM —after noon

PST—Pacific Standard Time

r.—reigned

Ra.—range

Res.—reservoir, reservation

rev. ed.—revised edition

S —south

S—Sunday

Soc.—Socialist

sq—square

St.—saint UN—United Nations

US—United States

W —west