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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: 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