Preposition: of

• phrase: The name Sudoku is the Japanese abbreviation of a longer phrase, meaning " the digits must remain single " .

• title: Abbreviations of the titles of medical periodicals should conform to those used in Index Medicus.

Converse of object

• expand: Best advice is to use consistently and to always expand the abbreviation somewhere in the main body of the text.

• avoid: Avoid abbreviations, even if you are sure everyone understands them.

• define: In the absence of a common name, use the full name or a defined abbreviation, in preference to a trade name.

• use: Drug Names Using abbreviations for drug names is very bad practice.

• explain: Appendix B lists and explains the abbreviations used in this report.

• indicate: The first is simply to provide an extensive list of all terms that may be used, indicating three- letter abbreviations for each.

Preposition: in

• parenthesis: In text mode, the definition is given, followed by the abbreviation in parentheses.

• bracket: Write the words out in full the first time you use them and put the abbreviation in brackets.

Adjective modifier

• unambiguous: Some parameters offer a selection from a menu to which you give an unambiguous abbreviation to select an option.

• Latin: Using the system of Latin abbreviations, the first quotation from a text is referenced fully with an endnote.

• common: The most common abbreviation for the area name is normally used.

• Japanese: The name Sudoku is the Japanese abbreviation of a longer phrase, meaning " the digits must remain single " .

• recommended: Guidance on each of these items appears below, followed by a short note of copyright requirements and an appendix dealing with recommended abbreviations.

• unique: The value must be one of the strings in the table, or a unique abbreviation of one of the strings.

Noun used with modifier

• three-letter: The three-letter abbreviation for a table is separated from rest of the abbreviation for the attribute name with a period.

• journal: Authors ' initials should precede their names; journal title abbreviations should conform to the style of the American Physical Society.

• letter: In the list of Hundreds where the same name was used for the RD the three letter abbreviation is repeated.

• title: Authors ' initials should precede their names; journal title abbreviations should conform to the style of the American Physical Society.