Scientific English
From Christoph's Personal Wiki
- 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
- 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 (In other words, op. cit. means that you don't know the page number.)
- 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