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Symbols For Speedy Note Taking - Note Taking Symbols

This document contains a list of abbreviations and symbols commonly used for note taking. It includes abbreviations for frequently used terms like approximately, because, example, etc. It also includes symbols used in note taking like plus, minus, equals, does not equal. Finally, it contains abbreviations for specific fields, time periods, countries, and other terms helpful for note taking in subjects like history, science, and academics.

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Symbols For Speedy Note Taking - Note Taking Symbols

This document contains a list of abbreviations and symbols commonly used for note taking. It includes abbreviations for frequently used terms like approximately, because, example, etc. It also includes symbols used in note taking like plus, minus, equals, does not equal. Finally, it contains abbreviations for specific fields, time periods, countries, and other terms helpful for note taking in subjects like history, science, and academics.

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 approx.

: Approximately  =ity: Equality


 b/c: Because  evryt: Everything
 b/4: Before  infl: Influence
 bk.: Book  r.: Rate (i.e. birth r.)
 C: (e.g. 21C for ‘twenty-first century’)  devel: Development
 c.: Approximately, roughly, about  expl: Explanation
(abbreviation for the Latin ‘circa’)  trad: Traditional
 cf.: Compared to, in comparison with  cult: Cultural
 cp.: Compare  instit: Institution
 def.: Definition  justific: Justification
 diff.: Different, difference  nt: Nothing
 ea.: Each  lrg: Large
 e.g.: For example  soc.: Social or society
 fr.: From  Stats: Statistics
 etc.: And so on  Am’t: Amount
 i.e.: That is, that means, in other  educat’l: Educational
words  subj: Subject
 impt.: Important  cons: Conservative
 NB: Important, notice this, note well  ind: Individual
 nec.: Necessary  ckg: Checking
 re.: Regarding, about  estg: Establishing
 sim.: Similar  Expting: Experimenting
 s/t: Something  bkgd: Background
 T.: Theory, theoretical  ppd: Prepared
 tho’: Though  prblm: Problem
 thro’: Through  C19: Nineteenth century; similarly
 w/: With C20 etc.
 w/o: Without  1920s: i.e. 1920-1929; similarly
 viz.: Namely, that is to say 1970s etc.
 v.: Very  Ltd: Limited
 vv.: Extremely  max.: Maximum
 vs.: Against  min.: Minimum
 ppl: People  G.B.: Great Britain
 res: Research  U.K: United Kingdom
 natl: National  Eng.: English
 eqn: Equation  Brit.: British
 ed: Education  Sts: Students
 dep: Department Symbols For Speedy Note
 esp: Especially
 ustand: Understand Taking | Note Taking Symbols
 Am.: Morning List of note taking symbols in English from
 Pm.: Afternoon A to Z.
 asap: As soon as possible
 Wrt: With respect to  2: To, two, too
 4: For  Nat Soc or Nazism: National
 8: Anything ending in ‘ate’ Socialism
 +: And, also, as well as, in addition  Prus: Prussian
to, plus  US: United States or American
 – : Minus, without  Brit or GB: Great British or Britain
 ≠: Does not equal, is not the same  Eng.: English or England
as, does not result in  Germ.: German
 ≈: Is approximately equal to, is  Fr.: French, France
similar to Less Frequently Used
 =: Equals, is the same as, results in
 >: Is greater than, is larger than Abbreviations For Note
 ↑: Increase, rise, growth Taking
 <: Is less than, is smaller than  A: Answer
 ↑↑: Rapid increase  adm.: Administration
 ↓ : Decrease, fall, shrinkage  adj.: Adjective, adjourned,
 ↓↓: Rapid decrease adjustment
 ∴ : Therefore, thus  abr.: Abridged
 ∵ : Because  abbr.: Abbreviation, abbreviated
 → : Leads on to, produces, causes  acad.: Academic, academy
 x : No, not, incorrect  aka.: Also known as
 xx : Definitely not, disproved  app.: Appendix
 ? : Uncertain, possibly, unproven,  assoc.: Association
question  biol.: Biology
 ✓ : Yes, correct  bibliog.: Bibliography
 ✓✓: Definitely, certain, proven  bot.: Botanical, botany
 # : Number  cap.: Capital, capitalise
 ✳ : Special, important, notable  chap.: Chapter
(when added to a word or phrase)  chem.: Chemical
 / : Per (e.g., £50/day instead of ‘fifty  co.: Company
pounds per day’)  colloq.: Colloquial, colloquialism
 ! : Not, isn’t  conf.: Conference, confer
 @: At  cont.: Containing, content,
 ∝: Proportional to continental, continue, continued
 Δ : Change  com.: Commercial, commission,
 ♀️: Female or women common, communication, community
 ♂️: Male or men  cr.: Credit
 … : Means space in quote  crit.: Criticism
Specific Historical Terms  diag.: Diagram
 19thC or 19C: 19th Century  disc.: Discovered
 WWI: World War I  dist.: Distinguished
 WWII: World War II  div.: Dividend, division
 Indust. Rev.: Industrial Revolution  distr.: Distribution, distributed
 Fren. Rev.: French Revolution  econ.: Economics, economy
 Rus. Rev.: Russian Revolution  esp.: Especially
 est.: Established, estimate
 ex.: Examined, example
 excl.: Excluding
 f.: Feminine, feminism, frequency
 gen.: Gender, general
 govt.: Government
 hist.: Historian, historical, history
 illus.: Illustrated
 inc.: Including
 info.: Information
 lang.: Language
 m.: Male
 orig.: Original, originated
 p. / pp.: Page / pages
 para.: Paragraph
 poss.: Possible, possibly
 prin.: Principal
 prob.: Problem, probable, probably
 probs: Problems
 prob.: Produced by, producer,
production
 pt./pts.: Part, point / parts, pts
 Q.: Question
 ref.: Refer, reference
 reg.: Region, registered, regular,
regulation
 rev.: Review, revision
 sci.: Science, scientific
 sect.: Section
 sp.: Special, species, specific
 st.: Study, student
 univ.: Universal, university
 usu.: Usually
 vers.: Version
 yr.: Year

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