Use of English
TLEP |
High-luminosity e+e- collider Read more |
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ton |
imperial/US Read more |
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tonne |
metric Read more |
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totalling, totalled |
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TOTEM |
TOTal cross section, Elastic scattering and diffraction dissociation Measurement at the LHC Acronym doesn't need spelling out for the CERN Courier Read more |
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touchscreen |
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TPC |
Time Projection Chamber Read more |
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trade-off |
use hyphen Read more |
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trademark |
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trans-border |
use hyphen Read more |
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transatlantic |
no hyphen Read more |
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transboundary |
no hyphen Read more |
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travel, travelling, travelled |
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TREF |
Tripartite Employment Conditions Forum Read more |
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trillion |
Means a thousand billion, (the same as one million million) but use with care. House style dictates it may be clearer to say 1012. See numbers. Use 1015 rather than quadrillion, unless you are deliberately setting out to put dramatic effect ahead of clarity. Read more |
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TRIUMF |
Tri-University Meson Facility, Canada Acronym doesn’t need spelling out for the CERN Courier Read more |
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TSO |
Territorial Safety Officer Read more |
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TSR(@ISOLDE) |
Test Storage Ring (at ISOLDE) Read more |
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tumour |
Note the "u" X-rays have been used to treat tumours since 1895. Read more |
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turnkey |
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Capital "T" in text – but note there is a lower-case "t" in the Twitter logo. Read more |
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two-thirds (adj. and noun) |
use hyphen Read more |
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twofold |
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UFO |
Unidentified Falling Object Read more |
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ultra |
no hyphen Read more |
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under way |
not "underway" Read more |
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underdeveloped |
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underestimate |
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undersea |
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underserved |
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underutilise |
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UNESCO |
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization Not "Unesco" Acronym doesn’t need spelling out for the CERN Courier Read more |
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unidirectional |
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units |
All SI units are lower case when spelled out: metre (m), kilogram (kg), second (s), ampere (A), kelvin (K), candela (cd), mole (mol). Note: The tesla is the SI-derived unit of magnetic flux density. It has a lower-case "t" when spelled out, though its symbol is an upper-case "T". Spell them out on first mention, then use the symbol. I weigh 75 kilograms. Last month I gained 4 kg after I stopped running 5 kilometres every morning. Read more |
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universe |
not capitalised Read more |
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Universe |
Upper case when referring to our Universe, otherwise lower case Read more |
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up to date (pred.); up-to-date (adj.) |
no hyphen Read more |
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updated |
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upgrade (noun and verb); upgradable |
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uplink |
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upload |
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URLs |
Where it is useful to advertise a URL (in printed materials, for instance) use the following format: cern.ch/[sitename] Example: cern.ch/writing-guidelines (note that this resolves to test-static-04.web.cern.ch, which is less easy for new users to remember). Notes Read more |
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US |
Not USA. There is hardly every any need to spell out United States, even at first mention. America is preferable in some contexts (“God bless the US” would sound silly). It is permissible to use "American" instead of "US" as an adjective. Read more |
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usability |
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usable |
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user-friendly (adj.); user-friendliness |
use hyphen Read more |
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Users Office |
not "Users’ Office" Read more |
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value-added (adj.) |
use hyphen Read more |
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vapour |
but vaporise Read more |
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VELO |
VErtex LOcator detector (part of the LHCb detector) Read more |
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