Initialism vs Electronic - What's the difference?
initialism | electronic |
A term formed from the initial letter or letters of several words or parts of words, but which is itself pronounced letter by letter.
(physics, chemistry): Of or pertaining to an electron or electrons.
Operating on the physical behavior of electrons, especially in semiconductors.
Generated by an electronic device.
Of or pertaining to the Internet.
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As a noun initialism
is a term formed from the initial letter or letters of several words or parts of words, but which is itself pronounced letter by letter.As an adjective electronic is
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Noun
(wikipedia initialism) (en noun)- BBC is an initialism for British Broadcasting Corporation.
See also
* abbreviation * acronym * orphan initialism * TLA *electronic
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Adjective
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