List of acronyms: E
This list contains acronyms , initialisms , and pseudo-blends that begin with the letter E .
For the purposes of this list:
acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as if it were a word, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome , pronounced to rhyme with cars initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., CD = compact disc , pronounced cee dee pseudo-blend = an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters mean that it cannot stand as a true acronym, initialism, or portmanteau (a word formed by combining two or more words).(a) = acronym, e.g.: SARS – (a) severe acute respiratory syndrome (i) = initialism, e.g.: CD – (i) compact disc (p) = pseudo-blend, e.g.: UNIFEM – (p) United Nations Development Fund for Women (s) = symbol (none of the above, representing and pronounced as something else; for example: MHz – megahertz Some terms are spoken as either acronym or initialism, e.g., VoIP voyp and V-O-I-P .
(Main list of acronyms)
E – (s) East e- – (i) Used as a prefix before unabbreviated words, stands for technical words such as electronic or emergency.
EA
EB
EC
ED
EE
EF
EG
EH
EI
EJ
EK
EL
EM
EN
EO
EP
EQ
ER
ES
ET
EU
EV
EW
EX
EXFOR – (p) Experimental Force (military)EXREP – (p) Expeditious Repair (SM&R code)
EY
EZ
EZ – (s) Czech Republic (FIPS 10-4 country code) – (i) Extraction ZoneEZLN – (a) Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (Spanish, "Zapatista Army of National Liberation")
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