Category:Abbreviations

Learning a whole new lingo comes along with the 100's of government (GOV), research (RES), academic institute (INST), and nonprofit organization (NPO) groups involved in the restoration and preservation of the Indian River Lagoon Estuary.

Abbreviations Category

The Abbreviation category contains abbreviations, acronyms and initialisms commonly found in the Indian River Lagoon Project.

View the entire list and submit new abbreviations on the Glossary Abbreviations Page.

Definition of Abbreviation

Abbreviation: A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase; as in Dr. for Doctor or U.S. for United States.

Acronym: A type of abbreviation that is a new pronounceable word formed by using the first letter of each word found in a phrase or name: as in YOLO for "you only live once" or NASA from National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Initialism: A type of acronym that uses a set of initials formed with the first letters of the words in a phrase or name with each letter pronounced separately; as in LOL for "laugh out loud" or IRL from Indian River Lagoon.

List of Abbreviations

It would be helpful to get familiar with this list of abbreviations in order to know what a "USFWS NWR in the EPA's IRLNEP" is!

Newest Abbreviations:

View the entire list and submit new abbreviations on the Glossary Abbreviations Page.

Abbreviations Page Index

This category uses the form abbreviation.