Scientific English
From Christoph's Personal Wiki
- ab initio
- from the beginning
- ad hoc
- for the special purpose or end
- anno Domini (A.D.)
- in the year of our Lord; a date after Christ
- ante meridiem (a.m.)
- before noon
- post meridiem (p.m.)
- after noon
- circa (ca.)
- about; used especially in approximate dates
- et alia (et al.)
- and others; and elsewhere
- et cetera (etc.)
- and others; and so forth; and so on
- exempli gratia (e.g.)
- for example; such as
- ibidem (ibid.)
- in the aformentioned place
- idem
- the same as previously given
- id est (i.e.)
- that is [see also: scilicet (sc.)]
- in vivo
- within a living organism
- in vitro
- in an artificial environment outside the living organism
- in silico
- in computer simulation or in virtual reality
- in situ
- a. in place or position; undisturbed; b. in a localized state or condition
- ex situ
- the opposite of in situ
- opere citato (op. cit.)
- in the work cited; used in place of repeating the citation of the most recently referenced work in text.
- sic
- thus; so; used to indicate that a surprising word in the text is not a mistake or is quoted verbatim.
- vice versa
- conversely; in reverse order from that stated
- vide
- see
- vide ante
- see before
- vide infra
- see below
- vide post
- see after
- vide supra
- see above
- videlicet (viz.)
- that is to say; namely
- quod vide (q.v.)
- which see; used after a term or phrase that should be looked up elsewhere in the current document or book. For more than one term or phrase, the plural is quae vide (qq.v.)
- nomen nescio (N.N.)
- I do not know the name; used as a placeholder for unknown names
- instante mense (inst.)
- this month;
- proximo mense (prox.)
- next month;
- ultimo mense (ult.)
- last month;
- quod erat faciendum (Q.E.F.)
- which was to be done.