Entries - E

e-business	use hyphen Read more	translation
e-commerce	use hyphen Read more	translation
e-government	use hyphen Read more	translation
e-health	use hyphen Read more	translation
e-learning	use hyphen Read more	translation
e-mail	use hyphen Read more	style, translation
e.g.	not followed by a comma Read more	translation
EA	East Area Read more	abbreviations, acronyms, translation
EAR-2	Experimental ARea 2 of CERN’s neutron source facility, n_TOF Read more	abbreviations, acronyms, translation
Earth or earth?	Capitalise only in specific reference to the planet, lower-case when referring to soil. Read more	translation
Earth-to-space		translation
ECAL	Electromagnetic CALorimeter Read more	abbreviations, acronyms, translation
ECFA	European Committee for Future Accelerators Spell out in first use then use acronym for the CERN Courier Read more	abbreviations, acronyms, Courier, translation
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	abbreviations, acronyms, translation
EDMS	Electronic Document Management System Read more	abbreviations, acronyms, translation
EEN	Enterprise Europe Network (European Commission) Read more	abbreviations, acronyms, translation
EFDA	European Fusion Development Agreement Read more	abbreviations, acronyms, translation
EGEE	Enabling Grids for E-sciencE Spell out in first use then use acronym for the CERN Courier Read more	abbreviations, acronyms, Courier, translation
EIROforum	Forum for European Intergovernmental Research Organisations (Comprises: CERN, EUROfusion, EMBL, ESA, ESO, ESRF, European XFEL, ILL) Read more	abbreviations, acronyms, translation
electromagnet	no hyphen Read more	spelling, style
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	use hyphen Read more	Courier
electron-neutrinos	use hyphen Read more	Courier
electronic (adj.)	but electronics engineer Read more	translation
electronvolt	One word. Or shorten to eV. Read more	style
electron–electron	use hyphen Read more	Courier
electron–ionscattering	use hyphen Read more	Courier
electron–positron collider	use ndash Read more	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	style
ELENA	Extra Low Energy Antiprotons (experiment at CERN’s AD facility) Read more	abbreviations, acronyms, translation
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	style
EMBL	European Molecular Biology Laboratory Read more	abbreviations, acronyms, translation
EMC	European Muon Collaboration Spell out in first use then use acronym for the CERN Courier Read more	abbreviations, acronyms, Courier
en bloc	use italics Read more	translation
en masse	no italics Read more	translation
en route	no italics Read more	translation
end user (noun); end-user (adj.)		translation
endcap	one word, no hyphen Read more	Courier
endeavour		translation
ENET	The former name of CERN’s external knowledge transfer network (now called KT Forum) Read more	abbreviations, acronyms, translation
ENLIGHT	European Network for LIGht ion Hadron Therapy Read more	abbreviations, acronyms, translation
enquiring	With an "e". Showing an interest in learning new things: CERN is a place for enquiring minds. Not inquiring. Read more	style
enrol, enrolment		translation
ensure	Means "to make sure" Not to be confused with insure, which means "to take out insurance" Read more	translation
enterprise		translation
entitled	Don't use it. Use titled instead. Read more	style

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