Entries - D
DAI |
Demande d'Achat Interne (Internal Purchase Order) Read more |
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DAMA |
Dark matter experiment at Gran Sasso National Laboratory Acronym doesn’t need spelling out for the CERN Courier Read more |
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DANTE |
Organisation that operates advanced networks for research and education, including GÉANT Acronym doesn’t need spelling out for the CERN Courier Read more |
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DAO |
Departmental Administrative Officer Read more |
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DAPNIA |
Département d'Astrophysique, de physique des Particules, de physique Nucléaire et de l'Instrumentation Associée (Department of Astrophysics, Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Associated Instrumentation), CEA Acronym doesn’t need spelling out for the CERN Courier Read more |
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dark energy |
lower case Read more |
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dark matter |
lower case Read more |
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data |
"Data" can mean two rather different things, and this poses a style problem. Read more |
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data centre |
Two words. Initial capital letters if talking about the CERN Data Centre. Read more |
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data processing (noun); data-processing (adj.) |
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data set |
Not dataset or data-set. Read more |
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data-taking |
use hyphen Read more |
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databank |
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database |
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dates |
Dates should be written Saturday, 24 April 2010 (not 24th). Use the following construction for spans of time: Willibald Karl Jentschke was the Council delegate for the Federal Republic of Germany from 1964 to 1967. Though this often reads better if reworded: From 1964 to 1967, Willibald Karl Jentschke was the Council delegate for the Federal Republic of Germany. Read more |
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daytime |
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DAΦNE |
Double Annular Φ Factory for Nice Experiments, an electron–positron collider at the Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (LNF) Acronym doesn’t need spelling out for the CERN Courier Read more |
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DCal |
Di-jet Calorimeter (ALICE) Read more |
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DDU |
Delivered Duty Unpaid Read more |
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de facto |
no italics Read more |
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de jure |
no italics Read more |
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deadline |
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debug, debugging, debugged |
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début |
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decades |
Use digits: the 1950s, 1960s, etc. the roaring 20s a man in his 60s Note that no apostrophe is needed before the "s" Read more |
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decay |
Most often used in the context of particle decay. The kaon decayed into a pion and a neutrino-antineutrino pair. Read more |
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decimals |
Decimals and percentages use the number, not the word: 2% and 50% and 2.6 kilometres. Read more |
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decision-maker |
use hyphen Read more |
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decision-making (adj. and noun) |
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deep space (noun); deep-space (adj.) |
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defence |
With a "c", unless in the official name of a body that uses US spellings, e.g. US Department of Defense Read more |
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degrees |
When referring to angles, spell out “degrees” (as for any other unit): The tower at Pisa has a tilt of more than 5 degrees For temperature, use °C Ethanol boils at 79 °C For latitude and longitude use ° (closed up to the numeral) Switzerland lies at latitude 47° north (note the lower case for north – or south, east or west) To make a degree (°) symbol on a Mac or a PC, use the key combination Alt-Shift-8 or Alt-0176. Read more |
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delegation, delegate |
not Delegation, Delegate Note that the word “delegate” should only ever be used to describe the two delegates to the Council appointed by each Member State. Read more |
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DELPHI |
Detector with Lepton, Photon and Hadron Identification, one of the four main detectors on the Large Electron–Positron Collider (LEP) Acronym doesn’t need spelling out for the CERN Courier Read more |
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demise |
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department |
Lower case d. Likewise for group, section, etc. Use capital letters on the name of a department, but not on the word "department". CERN has many departments. While Physics is the largest, the Technology department is also substantial. Read more |
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Department Head |
NOT Head of Department or Department Leader Read more |
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dependant (noun); dependent (adj.) |
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dependency allowance |
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depositary |
of a text or instrument Read more |
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depository |
warehouse Read more |
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Deputy Department Head |
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desktop |
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DESY |
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (German electron synchrotron facility). Acronym doesn’t need spelling out for the CERN Courier Read more |
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detectors |
All caps for ATLAS, ALICE, CMS, TOTEM. But LHCb, LHCf. Read more |
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device (noun) |
piece of equipment Read more |
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devise (verb) |
to invent Read more |
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dial, dialling, dialled |
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dialogue |
but dialog in a computing context Read more |
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dialyse |
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