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Abbreviations
Effective Date : 24-03-2003 Applies to : All

Term Abbreviation Term Abbreviation

abbreviation abbr circular pitch CP
abbreviate abbr circumference Oce
abbreviating abbr clearance cl
abbreviated abbr compare,compared compr
according to acc complete compl
accordingly acc composition comp
across corners a/c compressed comp
across flat a/f connected,connection conn
actual act continued contd
add,added,additon ad contracted contr
allowance allow contraction contr
alter,alteration alt constant const
altered alt correct,corrected corrc
alteration notice altn correction corrc
alternate altr corresponding corr
Ampere A corresponding to corr
Ampere-hour Ah counter bore C'bore
approve,approval appr counter bored C'bore
approved appr counter sink CSK
approximate ~,appx counter sunk CSK
approximately ~,appx cubic Cu
approximately equal to ~= cylinder,cylindrical cyl
arithmetic arith degree centigrade degC
assembly ay degree fahrenheit degF
assemble with ass. delete,deleted dele
assembled with ass. deletion dele
at @ delivery del
atmosphere atm depth,deep dp
auxiliary aux derived,derivation der
average avg designation desig
balance bal diameter die
ball beating B/B diameteral pitch DP
base circle diameter BCD dimension dim
bearing B distance dist
between bet double thrust ball bearing DTHBR
breadth broad br drawing drg
cancel,cancelled canc drawn drn
carbide tipped CT electric,electrical elect
centre ctr electricity elect
centre line cl engrave eng
centre to centre C/C equal to =
chamfer cf estimate,estimated est
change,changed chg excetra etc
check,checked chk example eg
cheese head ch'hd exclude,excluded excl

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Term Abbreviation Term

excluding,exclusion exct length long
facilitate fact lessthan
figure fig libra,pound
fitting ftg litre
foot or feet ftor locate,located
gallon gal location
galvanized galv logarithm
geometric,geometry geom machine,machined
gram g machining
greater than > manufacture
grind ground grd material
group gr MATERIALS
ground level GL Aluminiam
harden,hardened hdn Bronze
HARDNESS Brass
brinnel hardness HB Cast iron
brinnel hardness number HB Cast steel
Diamond pyramid hardness HDP Copper
Rockwell Hardness B scale HRB Cobol
Rockwell Hardness C scale HRC Chromium
Hardness Scleroscope HS Galvanized iron
height,high ht High Speed Steel
hexagon,hexagonal hex iron
hexagonal head hexhd Lead
horizontal H Manganese
horse power HP Mild steel
hour ho Molybdenum
hundred weight CWT Nickel
hydraulic hyd Silicon
imperial standard SWG Sulphur
wire gauge SWG Tin
improve,improved impr Tungsten
inch impr Wrought iron
include,included incl Malleable iron
including,inclusion incl Tool steel
inspect,inspected insp Maximum
inspecting,inspection insp Mechanical
inside diameter ID metre,module
insulated,insulation insul micron(.001mm)
irregular irreg microfarad
kilogram-meter kgm mille ampere

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Term Abbreviation Term

miscellaneous misc retaining ring
necessary necy revolution per min
nominal nom revolution per sec
North N right angle
not equal to != right hand
number No. rivet,riveted
number of teeth Z rool circle dia
obsolete obs round head
obsolete with stock OSC screw,screwed
consumption OSC SCREW THREADS
ohm Armoured tube thread
British standard conduit
oilgroove og
threads
British standard whitworth
ommission,omit om
thread
omitted om Metric threads
operation op Trapezoidal thread 30degree
opposite opp Trapezoidal thread 10degree
British standard gas pipe
original orig
thread
ounce oun second(of angle)
parts list PL second(of time)
pattern number PAT.No section sectional
per % sectioned
percent,percentage % serial number
performance perfor sheet
perpendicular b signature,signed
piece PCE sketch
pitch circle PC socket head
pitch circle dia PCD special
plate pl specifications
pneumatic pneu specific gravity
point pt specific heat
position pos specific volume
pounds per square inch psi spherical
practical prac spline,splined
preferred pref square centimetre
quantity qty square foot
radius r square inch
radial ball bearing Rad B/B stopvalve,sluice
refer, reference ref symbol
referred ref symmetrical
released relsd synchronous
relief rlf TAPERS
remove, removed remv metric taper
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Term Abbr Term

temperature temp watt
that is ie watt hour
threads per inch tpi weight
tolerance tol weight per metre
ton(British) t(B) width
ton(Metric) t(M) with respect to
traced tcd Ordered Finished Parts
transformer trans ordered finished component-
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