Acs

/eɪ si ɛs/ noun

Definition

abbreviation for various organizations, commonly American Chemical Society

Etymology

Modern acronym formation from organizational names

Kelly Says

ACS shows how our language adapts to institutional needs - we create these letter-soup abbreviations because saying the full name every time would drive us crazy!

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