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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 initialism mek is

(organic compound) methyl ethyl ketone.

initialism

English

Noun

(wikipedia initialism) (en noun)
  • A term formed from the initial letter or letters of several words or parts of words, but which is itself pronounced letter by letter.
    • BBC is an initialism for British Broadcasting Corporation.

    See also

    * abbreviation * acronym * orphan initialism * TLA *

    External links

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    mek

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    Initialism

    (Initialism) (head)
  • (organic compound) methyl ethyl ketone
  • (surfing) The chemical methyl ethyl ketone peroxide which is used as a catalyst to harden the fibreglass resin in surfboard manufacture and repair. Strictly speaking the abbreviation would be MEKP, but the shorthand MEK is frequently found.
    • 2007': ''The amount of '''MEK (methyl ethyl keytone peroxide) has an influence on the strength of polyester resin. — Harbour Surfboards [http://www.harboursurfboards.com/design.html
  • strength]