UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR Prof.: M.

Antonieta Rossi
CONSTRUCCIÓN CIVIL ENGLISH I

I.- COMMON ABBREVIATIONS1

The following abbreviations are the most commonly used in the works
of science and technology. Particular scientific disciplines use many
others that are not included here.

A.C. alternating current l(ltr) litre ('liter' U.S.A.)

APPX Appendix (to a publication) < less than (smaller than)
approx. approximately m. metres
av. average min minutes
... because ml. miles
Bul(l). Bulletin > more than (larger than)
C Centigrade (Celsius) N North
c. about, approximately No. Number
ca. about, approximately op. cit. the (literary) work already mentioned
cf. compare p. page
Ch. Chapter / per (e.g. 8 km/sec. = 8 km per sec.)
º degrees p.c. per cent
D.C. direct current % per cent
E East Pt. Part (of a publication)
ed. edited by pub. published by
e.g. for example Publ. Publication
esp. especially q.v. which (you should) see
et seq and following (pages) ref. reference
= equal, is equal to S South
F Farenheit sec. second
fig. figure Soc. Society
ft. foot (plural = feet) sq. square
’ foot (plural = feet); minutes sup. above, before
gm. gram(me) supra above, before
hr. hour Suppl. Supplement
i.e. that is to say T Temperature
id. the same ... therefore
inf below Trans. Transactions
infra below vide see
in. inches; Vol. Volume
” inches; seconds W West
Jour. journal wt. weight
km. kilometres yd. yards

II.- NUMBERS

SPANISH ENGLISH

1 Taken from Ewer and Latorre, A Basic Course in Scientific English, Longman, 1970

1
FIGURE CONVENTIONAL SCIENTIFIC FIGURE READING
READING READING
0,5 cero coma cinco cinco décimas 0.5 Zero, point five
.5 Point five
1,5 Uno coma cinco Uno, cinco décimas 1.5 One, point five
1,05 Uno coma cero Uno, cinco 1.05 One point, zero five
cinco centésimas
1,005 Uno coma cero, Uno, cinco 1.005 One, point zero, zero five
cero cinco milésimas

1234 Mil doscientos 1 234 One thousand, two hundred

treinta y cuatro thirty four
1.234 Mil doscientos 1,234 One thousand, two hundred
treinta y cuatro thirty four

SPANISH ENGLISH
FIGURE READING FIGURE READING
2.43
7 589.1
12,586
600.04
9,542.3
823.003
40.7
58.81
63.002
19 418