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Noun:

  • An abbreviation formed by (usually initial) letters taken from a word or series of words, and which is itself pronounced as a word, such as ''RAM'', ''radar'', or ''scuba''; ''sometimes contrasted with'' initialism.
  • Any abbreviation so formed, regardless of pronunciation, such as ''TNT'', ''IBM'', or ''XML''.
  • A pronounceable word formed from the beginnings (letter or syllable) of other words and thus representing the phrase so formed, e.g. Benelux = the countries Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg considered as a political or economic whole.

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