ABS
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Translingual
Symbol
ABS
- (international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Abu Simbel Airport, which serves Abu Simbel, Aswan, Egypt.
English
Noun
ABS
- (automotive) Initialism of antilock braking system.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene.
- (plumbing, informal, humorous) Initialism of all-black stuff: i.e. acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, referring to the black color of the waste water
- Initialism of automatic block signaling.
- Initialism of auto-brewery syndrome.
Derived terms
Translations
Proper noun
ABS
- (computing) Initialism of Arch build system.
- (Australia) Initialism of Australian Bureau of Statistics.
See also
References
- Bashford, David. Thermoplastics: Directory and databook; →ISBN. London: Chapman & Hall, 1997.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Borrowed from German ABS, initialism of German Antiblockiersystem.
Pronunciation
Noun
ABS m
- (automotive) Initialism of système de freinage antiblocage.
Anagrams
German
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
ABS
- Initialism of Antiblockiersystem. (anti-lock braking system)
Indonesian
Noun
ABS (first-person possessive ABSku, second-person possessive ABSmu, third-person possessive ABSnya)
Spanish
Noun
ABS m (plural ABS)
- ABS (antilock brake system)
Further reading
- “ABS”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014