Et al. is defined as an abbreviation for the Latin phrase et alia which means "and others."
(abbreviation)An example of et. al. used as an abbreviation is in the sentence, "The article was written by Smith, Jones, Paul, et al." which means that Smith, Jones, Paul and others wrote the article.
See et al. in Webster's New World College Dictionary
Origin: L et alibi
and elsewhereOrigin: L et alii
and othersSee et al. in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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