Category:Abbreviations
Template:IRL header glossary 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 Abbreviation List 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!
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Pages in category "Abbreviations"
The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total.
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- Glossary:National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Glossary:National Environmental Policy Act
- Glossary:National Estuarine Research Reserve System
- Glossary:National Estuary Program
- Glossary:National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Glossary:National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
- Glossary:National Water Level Observation Network
- Glossary:National Wildlife Refuge
