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AD for Anno Domini - Latin for in the year of the Lord.
Other kinds of abbreviations are ones that we make for ourselves ore use a just with people that we know. They can be a kind of slang like brill for brilliant or telly for television.
An acronym is a kind of abbreviation. It is a word formed from the initial or first letters of a group of other words.
LASER (L ight A mplification by S timulated E mission of R adiation)
RADAR (RA dio D etection A nd R anging)
SCUBA (S elf - C ontained U nderwater B reathing)
UNO (U nited N ations O rganization)
The Latin word “Midday” is meridies, from which comes our word meridian. So, A.M. is the abbreviation for ante meridian, or before midday. And P.M. is the abbreviation for post meridian, or after midday.
B and B - Bed and Breakfast
BBC - British Broadcast Corporation (radio and television)
EH - English Heritage
G and T - gin and tonic
MP - Member of Parliament
NHS - National Health Service
P - pence
RSPCA - Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
UK - United Kingdom, which includes England, Walls, Scotland and, since 1992,Northern Ireland.
VAT - Value Added Tax (sales tax)
WC - water closet (international term for “toilet”)
AA - Alcoholics Anonymous
ABC - American Broadcasting Company - one of the major commercial TV networks
ASAP - as soon as possible
FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation-Investigates federal crimes
GOP - Grand Old Party-the Republicans
HQ - headquarters
IBM - International Business Machine-known for computers and office machine
MADD - Mothers Against Drunk Driving
mph - miles per hour (rate of vehicle speed)
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NOW - National Organization of Women
Commonly Used Abbreviations in Aviation
The abbreviations listed below are normally spoken using the constituent letters, rather than the spelling alphabet, except that those indicated by normally spoken as complete words.
| ACC | Area control centre or area control |
| ADF | Automatic direction-finding equipment |
| ADR | Advisory route |
| AFIS | Aerodrome flight information service |
| AGL | Above ground level |
| AIP | Aeronautical information publication |
| ARIAC* | Aeronautical information regulation and control |
| AIS | Aeronautical information services |
| AMSL | Above mean sea level |
| ASTERICS | All purpose structured EUROCONTROL radar information exchange |
| ATC | Air traffic control (in general) |
| ATD | Actual time of departure |
| ATIS* | Automatic terminal information service |
| ATS | Air traffic services |
| ATZ | Aerodrome traffic zone |
| CAVOK* | Visibility, cloud and present weather better than prescribed values or conditions |
| CTR | Control zone |
| DA | Decision altitude |
| DH | Decision height |
| DME | Distance measuring equipment |
| EET | Estimated elapsed time |
| ETA | Estimated time of arrival or estimating arrival |
| ETD | Estimated time of departure or estimating departure |
| FAF | Final approach fix |
| FIC | Flight information sentre |
| FIR | Flight information region |
| FIS | Flight information service |
| GCA | Ground controlled approach system or ground controlled approach |
| HF | High frequency (3 to 30 MHz) |
| H24 | Continuous day and night service |
| IAF | Initial approach fix |
| IAS | Indicated air speed |
| IF | Intermediate fix |
| IFR | Instrument flight rules |
| ILS | Instrument landing system |
| IMC | Instrument meteorological conditions |
| INFO* | Information |
| INS | Inertial navigation system |
| LoA | Letter of agreement |
| LORAN* | LORAN (long-range air navigation system) |
| MET* | Meteorological or meteorology |
| MLS | Microwave landing system |
| MNPS | Minimum navigation performance specifications |
| MSAW | Minimum safe altitude warning function |
| NDB | Non-directional radio beacon |
| NIL* | None or I have nothing to send you |
| NOTAM* | A notice containing information concerning the establishment, condition or change in any aeronautical facility, service, procedure or hazard, the timely knowledge of which is essential to personnel concerned with flight operations |
| NTZ | No transgression zone |
| OLDI | On-line data interchange |
| QFE | Atmospheric pressure at aerodrome elevation (or at runway threshold) |
| QNH | Altimeter sub-scale setting to obtain elevation when on the ground |
| RCC | Rescue co-ordination centre |
| RNAV* | Area navigation |
| RVR | Runway visual range |
| RVSM | Reduce Vertical Separation Minima |
| SELCAL* | A system which permits the selective calling of individual aircraft over radiotelephone channels linking a ground station with the aircraft |
| SID* | Standard instrument |
| SIGMET* | Information concerning en-route weather phenomena which may affect the safety of aircraft operations |
| SMR | Surface movement radar |
| SNOWTAM* | A special series NOTAM notiflying the presence or removal of hazardous conditions due to snow, ice, slush or standing water associated with snow, slush and ice on the movement area, by means of a specific format |
| SPECIAL* | Special meteorological report (in abbreviated plane language) |
| SSR | Secondary surveillance radar |
| SST | Supersonic transport |
| STAR* | Standard (instrument) arrival |
| STCA | Short term conflict alert |
| TACAN* | UHF tactical air navigation aid |
| TAF* | Aerodrome forecast |
| TMA | Terminal control area |
| UHF | Ultra-high frequency (300 to 3000 MHz) |
| UIR | Upper flight information region |
| UTA | Upper control area |
| UTC | Co-ordinated universal time |
| VASIS* | Visual approach slope indicator system |
| VDF | Very high frequency direction-finding station |
| VFR | Visual flight rules |
| VHF | Very high frequency (30 to 300 MHz) |
| VIP | Very important person |
| VMC | Visual meteorological conditions |
| VOLMET* | Meteorological information for aircraft in flight |
| VOR | VHF omnidirectional radio range |
| VORTAC | VOR and TACAN combination |
Questions:
What is an abbreviation? Give some examples.
How often do we use abbreviations? Are they used by everyone?
Are all the abbreviations from English origin?
What is an acronym? Give some examples.
Why are abbreviations used in aviation?
What aviation abbreviations do you know?
Is it necessary to know and to learn abbreviations in aviation?
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