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Uncommon
noun
•
In Linguistics:
A
term
formed
from the
initial
letters
of several
words
or
parts
of
words
, but which is itself
pronounced
letter
by
letter
.
•
In Linguistics:
The process of
forming
words
or
terms
using
initial
letters
of other
words
.
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incomplete sentence
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