Use of English
LHeC |
Large Hadron electron Collider Read more |
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liaison |
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licence or license? |
With a "c" when it's a noun; with an "s" when it's a verb. I always carry my driving licence with me for identification. The government has agreed to license the sale of firearms. Read more |
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licensing, licensee |
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life-sized |
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lifelong |
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lifestyle |
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lifetime |
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light-year |
use hyphen Read more |
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LIGO |
Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory Spell out in first use then use acronym for the CERN Courier Read more |
abbreviations, acronyms, Courier |
Linac |
Short for linear accelerator. Capital L when referring to one of CERN's Linacs, otherwise lower case. Add a numeral with no space when differentiating between CERN's linear accelerators. Linac2 started up in 1978 as a successor to Linac1. Read more |
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linear accelerator |
A particle accelerator that accelerates particles in a straight line rather than in a circle. Shorten to Linac. Read more |
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links |
Links should always be in the form: <a href="link_url_here">Link text here</a>. Never show the reader the URL; keep it within a word or sentence. So: For CERN's style guide for web texts, click here. NOT For CERN's style guide for web texts, click here: https://test-static-04.web.cern.ch Read more |
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litre (not liter) |
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LIU |
LHC Injectors Upgrade project Read more |
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LMC |
Large Magellanic Cloud Spell out in first use then use acronym for the CERN Courier Read more |
abbreviations, acronyms, Courier |
LNF |
Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (Frascati National Laboratory) Spell out in first use then use acronym for the CERN Courier Read more |
abbreviations, acronyms, Courier |
LNGS |
Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (Gran Sasso National Laboratory) Spell out in first use then use acronym for the CERN Courier Read more |
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log in (verb); login (noun) |
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logbook |
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logo |
All official CERN websites should use the CERN logo, with the following conditions: Read more |
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long term (pred.); long-term (adj.) |
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Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment |
use hyphen, also for Short-Baseline Read more |
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long-standing |
use hyphen Read more |
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longlist (verb); long list (noun) |
but use a hyphen in the past tense: long-listed Read more |
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LP-SPL |
Low-Power Super Proton Linac Read more |
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LQCD |
Lattice QCD Spell out in first use then use acronym for the CERN Courier Read more |
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LS1,2,3 |
Long Shutdown 1, 2, 3 Read more |
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luminosity |
The number of particles per unit area per time, multiplied by the opacity of the target (its impenetrability) to electromagnetic radiation. Luminosity is measured in barns per second: b-1s-1 Luminosity is an important measure of the performance of a particle accelerator. Read more |
physics |
macroeconomic |
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make up (verb); make-up (noun) |
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manoeuvre |
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many-sided |
use hyphen Read more |
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MAPS |
Merit Advancement and Promotion Scheme (replaced by MARS) Read more |
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marketplace |
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MARS |
Merit Appraisal and Recognition Scheme (replaced by MERIT) Read more |
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Marseilles |
not Marseille in the CERN Courier Read more |
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mass |
The quantity of matter that a body contains, as measured by its acceleration under a given force or by the force exerted on it by a gravitational field. Do not confuse with weight. Read more |
physics |
massive |
"Has mass" – the opposite of "massless". Does not mean "is large". Though the up quark is a massive particle, it is not very big. Read more |
physics |
maths |
Not "math", as the shortened form of "mathematics". Read more |
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may or might? |
The subtle distinctions between these (and between other so-called modal verbs) are gradually disappearing, but they still matter to many readers and can be useful. Read more |
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MCHF |
Million Swiss francs Read more |
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MEDICIS |
Medical Isotopes Collected from ISOLDE (medical applications facility at ISOLDE) Read more |
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medium term (pred.); medium-term (adj.) |
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meet, met |
Do not add the word "with" after meet or met. Write: I met John the other day and tomorrow I will meet his wife. Not: I met with John the other day and tomorrow I will meet with his wife. Read more |
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megaparsec (Mpc) |
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Member State (adj. and noun) |
Initial capital letters when referring to CERN Member States (likewise Associate Member State, Observer, etc.) Read more |
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memorandum (pl. memoranda) |
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merchandise |
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MERIT |
Merit Evaluation and Recognition Integrated Toolkit Read more |
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