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Abbreviations and Letter Symbols


 * U.S.P.—United States Pharmacopeia
 * USPS—U.S. Postal Service
 * U.S.S.—U.S. Senate
 * v. or vs.—(versus) against
 * VA—Department of Veterans Affairs
 * VAT—value added tax
 * VCR—video cassette recorder
 * VHF—very high frequency
 * VIP—very important person
 * viz—(videlicet) namely
 * VLF—very low frequency
 * VTR—video tape recording
 * W.—west
 * w.a.e.—when actually employed
 * Wall.—Wallace (U.S. Supreme Court Reports)
 * wf—wrong font
 * Wheat.— Wheaton (U.S. Supreme Court Reports)
 * WHO—World Health Organization
 * WIPO—World Intellectual Property Organization
 * WMAL—WRC, etc., radio stations
 * w.o.p.—without pay
 * Yale L.J.—Yale Law Journal
 * ZIP Code—Zone Improvement Plan Code (Postal Service)
 * ZIP+4—9-digit ZIP Code

The same form is used for singular and plural senses.


 * A—ampere
 * A—angstrom
 * a—are
 * a—atto (prefix, one-quintillionth)
 * aA—attoampere
 * abs—absolute (temperature and gravity)
 * ac—alternating current
 * AF—audiofrequency
 * Ah—ampere-hour
 * A/m—ampere per meter
 * AM—amplitude modulation
 * asb—apostilb
 * At—ampere-turn
 * at—atmosphere, technical
 * atm—atmosphere
 * at wt—atomic weight
 * au—astronomical units
 * avdp—avoirdupois
 * b—barn
 * B—bel
 * b—bit
 * bbl—barrel
 * bbl/d—barrel per day
 * Bd—baud
 * bd. ft.—board foot (obsolete); use fbm
 * Bé—Baumé
 * Bev (obsolete); see GeV
 * Bhn—Brinell hardness number
 * bhp—brake horsepower
 * bm—board measure
 * bp—boiling point
 * Btu—British thermal unit
 * bu—bushel
 * c—₵, ct; cent(s)
 * c—centi (prefix, one-hundredth)
 * C—coulomb
 * °C—degree Celsius
 * cal—calorie (also: cal$IT$, International Table; cal $th$—thermochemical)
 * cd/in²—candela per square inch
 * cd/m²—candela per square meter
 * cg—centigram
 * cd·h — candela-hour
 * Ci—curie
 * cL—centiliter
 * cm—centimeter
 * c/m—cycles per minute