Viz.

缩写 viz. (或者无句点的 viz)是拉丁语 videlicet 的缩写，而 videlicet 本身是拉丁语短语 videre licet 的缩写，意思是“可以看到”。^[1]^[2]^[3] 它被用作“即”、“也就是说”、“也就是”、“即是”或“如下”的同义词。它通常用于引入示例或更详细的细节来阐明某一观点。例如: “all types of data viz. text, audio, video, pictures, graphics, can be transmitted through networking”意为“所有类型的数据，如文本、音频、视频、图片、图形等，都可以通过网络传输。”。^[4]

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Viz. 是副词 videlicet 的缩写。它使用一种名为提洛尼亚的拉丁速记系统。它由前两个字母“ vi”和后两个字母“ et”组成，使用了历史上写作的提洛尼亚写法的“7”的 Z 形，这是古罗马和中世纪欧洲拉丁语速记中“ et”的常见缩写。^[5]^{[note 1]}

^ According to E. Cobham Brewer (1810–1897), Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, the same abbreviation mark was used for "habet" and "omnibus".

^ Oxford English Dictionary
^ The New Fowler's Modern English Usage (revised third edition, 1998), pp. 825, 828.
^ American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (fourth edition, 2000), p. 1917
^ 'videlicet', Random House Dictionary. dictionary.com. [19 March 2015]. （原始内容存档于2015-04-02）.
^ Brewer, Ebenezer. Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. New York: Harper & Row. 1970: 1132.

[6] According to E. Cobham Brewer (1810–1897), Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, the same abbreviation mark was used for "habet" and "omnibus".

[1] Oxford English Dictionary

[2] The New Fowler's Modern English Usage (revised third edition, 1998), pp. 825, 828.

[3] American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (fourth edition, 2000), p. 1917

[4] 'videlicet', Random House Dictionary. dictionary.com. [19 March 2015]. （原始内容存档于2015-04-02）.

[5] Brewer, Ebenezer. Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. New York: Harper & Row. 1970: 1132.

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