Entries - R

R&D

Research and development

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R2E

Radiation to Electronics

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radiation protection

not "radioprotection"

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radioactive

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radiocommunications (noun); radiocommunication (adj.)

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radiofrequency cavity

no hyphen

Spell out on first mention, then abbreviate to RF cavity

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raison d’être

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RAL

Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

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RAMSES

Radiation Monitoring System for the Environment and Safety

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rapporteur

no italics

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ratios

Use digits separated by a colon, all closed up.

20:1

5:1

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RB

Research Board

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re-emphasise

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re-enact

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re-establish

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read-out (noun)

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real estate (noun); real-estate (adj.)

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realise

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RECFA

Restricted ECFA

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redshift

no hyphen, no space, not "red shift" or "red-shift"

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refer, referring, referred, referral

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references

Follow the Harvard referencing system

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reinsure

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reinterpret

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relocate, relocatable

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reorganise

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replan, replanning, replanned

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reunite

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reuse, reusable

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revise

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REX(-ISOLDE)

Radiation Beam Experiment

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RF

Radiofrequency (not "rf")

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RHIC

Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (at Brookhaven)

No "the" before RHIC

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rigour, rigorous

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RMS

Root mean square (not "r.m.s.")

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road map

no hyphen, not "road-map"

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roll-out (noun); roll out (verb)

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ROSTE (UNESCO)

Regional Office for Science and Technology in Europe

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round table (noun); round-table (adj.)

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RRB

(LHC) Resources Review Board

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RSSO

Radiation Safety Support Officer (HSE unit)

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RTG8

Document outlining the mandate, membership and working procedures of TREF

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RTWH Aachen

Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen, a research university in Germany

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