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Ect. Egypte Et Langues Africaines
ECT may refer to: Educational institutions * École Canadienne de Tunis, a school in Tunis, Tunisia * Emirates College of Technology, in Abu Dhabi Government and politics * Catalan Workers' Left ( ca, Esquerra Catalana dels Treballadors, link=no), a defunct political party in France * Correios, the Brazilian postal service and postal administration * Election Commission of Thailand, the election management body of Thailand * Energy Charter Treaty, an international agreement guaranteeing investors in energy projects Medicine and psychology * Ecarin clotting time * Ectomesenchymal chondromyxoid tumor * Electroconvulsive therapy * Elementary cognitive task * Emission computed tomography * Expectation confirmation theory Religion * Eternal conscious torment, a view of Hell in Christianity * ''Evangelicals and Catholics Together'', an ecumenical document Technology * ECN-capable transport, a transport layer capable of using Explicit Congestion Notification * Eddy-current ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Et Cetera
''Et Cetera'' ( or (proscribed) , ), abbreviated to ''etc.'', ''etc'', ''et cet.'', ''&c.'' or ''&c'' is a Latin expression that is used in English to mean "and other similar things", or "and so forth". Translated literally from Latin, means 'and', while means 'the rest'; thus the expression translates to 'and the rest (of such things)'. Et Cetéra is a calque of the Koine Greek () meaning 'and the other things'. The typical Modern Greek form is (), 'and the remainder'. Spellings and usage The one-word spelling "etcetera" appears in some dictionaries. The abbreviated form ''&c.'' or ''&c'' is still occasionally used (the ampersand character, ''&'', derives from a ligature of ). The phrase ''et cetera'' is often used to denote the logical continuation of some sort of series of descriptions. For example, in the following expression: ''We will need a lot of bread: wheat, granary, wholemeal, etc. on our menu. '' In this case of a use at the end of a list without conjunction, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
