Use of English
e-learning |
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e.g. |
not followed by a comma Read more |
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EA |
East Area Read more |
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EAR-2 |
Experimental ARea 2 of CERN’s neutron source facility, n_TOF Read more |
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Earth or earth? |
Capitalise only in specific reference to the planet, lower-case when referring to soil. Read more |
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Earth-to-space |
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ECAL |
Electromagnetic CALorimeter Read more |
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ECFA |
European Committee for Future Accelerators Spell out in first use then use acronym for the CERN Courier Read more |
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ECRIS |
Electron cyclotron resonance ion source Spell out in first use then use acronym for the CERN Courier Read more |
Courier |
ed or -t? |
Use the -ed rather than -t endings for words such as learned, dreamed, spelled, smelled Read more |
grammar |
EDH |
Electronic Document Handling Read more |
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EDMS |
Electronic Document Management System Read more |
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EEN |
Enterprise Europe Network (European Commission) Read more |
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EFDA |
European Fusion Development Agreement Read more |
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EGEE |
Enabling Grids for E-sciencE Spell out in first use then use acronym for the CERN Courier Read more |
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EIROforum |
Forum for European Intergovernmental Research Organisations |
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electromagnet |
no hyphen Read more |
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electron |
A stable subatomic particle with a charge of negative electricity, found in all atoms and acting as the primary carrier of electricity in solids. Electrons belong to a class of particles called leptons. Read more |
physics |
electron-antineutrino |
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electron-neutrinos |
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Courier |
electronic (adj.) |
but electronics engineer Read more |
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electronvolt |
One word. Or shorten to eV. Read more |
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electron–electron |
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Courier |
electron–ionscattering |
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Courier |
electron–positron collider |
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Courier |
elementary particle |
Another term for fundamental particle. "Fundamental particle" is preferable – there is nothing elementary about the complex interactions of subatomic particles. Read more |
physics |
elements |
Lower case ALICE detected lead-proton collisions. Milk contains lots of calcium. Where appropriate, give the chemical symbol in brackets. Superconducting dipole magnets on the Large Hadron Collider are made from niobium-titanium (NbTi) coils. Read more |
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ELENA |
Extra Low Energy Antiprotons (experiment at CERN’s AD facility) Read more |
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ellipsis |
Use the ellipsis character (… ) in quoted material if you need to show that words have been omitted from the middle of the original quote. In HTML5, it is written: … The ellipsis should always be followed by a space. Read more |
punctuation, style |
embedding video |
See video. Read more |
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EMBL |
European Molecular Biology Laboratory Read more |
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EMC |
European Muon Collaboration Spell out in first use then use acronym for the CERN Courier Read more |
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en bloc |
use italics Read more |
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en masse |
no italics Read more |
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en route |
no italics Read more |
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end user (noun); end-user (adj.) |
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endcap |
one word, no hyphen Read more |
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endeavour |
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ENET |
The former name of CERN’s external knowledge transfer network (now called KT Forum) Read more |
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ENLIGHT |
European Network for LIGht ion Hadron Therapy Read more |
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enquiring |
With an "e". Showing an interest in learning new things: CERN is a place for enquiring minds. Not inquiring. Read more |
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enrol, enrolment |
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ensure |
Means "to make sure" Not to be confused with insure, which means "to take out insurance" Read more |
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enterprise |
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entitled |
Don't use it. Use titled instead. Read more |
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entrepreneur |
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EPPCN |
European Particle Physics Communication Network Read more |
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EPS |
European Physical Society Acronym doesn't need spelling out for the CERN Courier Read more |
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ERC |
European Research Council Read more |
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