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CTF3

CLIC Test Facility

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currencies

Give figures in Swiss francs, then euros in brackets. 

"Five grams of enriched lead for the accelerator costs 12 000 CHF (9700 EUR)," says Kuchler. 

In official documents, three-letter ISO codes for currencies are preferable to symbols e.g. EUR, GBP, USD. The ISO code comes after the figure, preceded by a non-breaking space e.g. 25 CHF. Add lower case "k" for thousands, e.g. 25 kEUR, upper case "M" or "B" for millions or billions e.g. 25 MUSD.

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currency conversions

Amounts quoted in sterling, US dollars and euros do not normally need to be converted. The only exception might be if you want readers to be able to make direct comparisons between countries: if that applies you should choose one as the standard.

Any other currency should be converted the first time it is mentioned to the equivalent in US dollars. There are a number of currency converters on the net: xe.com covers any currency you are likely to encounter.

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curriculum vitae

no italics

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curriculum, curricula (pl.)

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cut-off (adj. and noun), cut off (verb)

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cutback (noun), cut back (verb)

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CVI

Cost-Variation Index

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cyber

No hyphen: cyberattack, cybercafé, cybersecurity, cyberterrorism, cyberthreat  

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cyclotron

A cyclotron is an apparatus in which charged atomic and subatomic particles are accelerated by an alternating electric field while following an outward spiral or circular path in a magnetic field.

Perhaps the most important improvement has been the replacement of an electrical magnet with a series of permanent magnets to generate the cyclotron's magnetic field.

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