Alphabetical Listing of Scuba Diving Acronyms AA — Assisted Ascent AAS — Alternate Air Source ABT — Actual Bottom Time AD — Adventure Diver (PADI) Advanced Diver (BSAC) ADT — Actual Dive Time AGE — Aterial Gas Embolism AI — Assistant Instructor (PADI) Advanced Instructor (BSAC) AIC — Advanced Instructor Course (BSAC) AIE — Advanced Instructor Exam (BSAC) AMDT — …

Alphabetical Listing of Satellite Meterology Acronyms ABBA — Automated Biomass Burning Algorithm ABI — Advanced Baseline Imager ABS — Advanced Baseline Sounder AC — Alternating Current ACRIM — Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor (EOS) ADEOS — ADvanced Earth Observing Satellite (Japan) AERI — Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer AIRS — Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (EOS) AMRIR — Advanced Medium Resolution Infrared Radiometer …

Alphabetical Listing of Human Genome Acronyms AAAI — American Association ForArtificial Intelligence AAAS — American Association For The Advancement of Science AACC — American Association For Clinical Chemistry AACR — American Association For Cancer Research AAI — American Association of Immunologists AAIP — American Association of Investigative Pathologists AANP — American Association of Neuropathologists AAP — Association of American Physicians …

Alphabetical Listing of Education Acronyms A level — Advanced level examinations ABE — Adult Basic Education ACE — Advisory Centre for Education ACL — Adult Community Learning ACPC — Area Child Protection Committee AI — Assigned Inspector ALI — Adult Learning Inspectorate ALIS — A Level Indicator System AoC — Association of Colleges ALPS — Advanced Level Performance System APT&C …

Alphabetical Listing of Chemistry Acronyms (PI)SDCI — (pi)-electron Singly And Doubly Excited CI (SC)2(CI+PT2) — Self-consistent Size-consistent (CI+second-order Perturbation) (SC)2CI — Self-consistent Size-consistent CI 2DEG — Two-dimensional Electron Gas 2DHG — Two Dimensional Hole Gas 2MASS — Two Micron All-Sky Survey 2PH TDA — Two-particle-hole Tamm-Dancoff Approximation (for Closed-shell 2PPE — Two-photon Photoemission 3A — Alumina Aluminide Alloys 3DAP — …

Alphabetical Listing of Atmospheric Research Center Acronyms (A3) — Armor/anti-armor (AA3) — Accident Analysis Computer Program (C3) — Command (C4) — Center For Clouds (ES) — Sporadic E 3CPO — Cloud Chemistry And Cloud Physics Organization 4DDD — Four-Dimensional Data Assimilation A&C — Abatement & Control A&R — Air And Radiation A/C — Aircraft A/C — Air Conditioning A/D — …

Canada Day — July 1st of each year is Canada’s most significant national holiday, equivalent to the Fourth of July in the United States. It is not an official U.S. holiday. Canadians and Americans enjoy a friendly relationship based on geographic proximity, their shared status as ex-colonies of Britain, and a longtime economic partnership. The Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Ontario …

O-Shogatsu – Japanese New Year, unfolds over 3 days starting on January 1st, and is an official national holiday. The Japanese New Year is a three-day series of community and family events revolving around themes of good fortune and “firsts.” Many O-Shogatsu rituals are celebrated in a community and family context and there is little emphasis on sharing them with …

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Day — Honoring a Civil Rights Leader Who Gave His Life For Justice. A federal U.S. holiday on January 21, but it’s not a holiday in India. Martin Luther King Day pays tribute to the best-known leader of the American civil rights movement of the 1960s. King fought to see racial justice and equality become a …

Ching Ming is a Chinese rite marking the beginning of spring that is focused on ancestor worship. On this day, people visit gravesites and make offerings to the souls of their deceased relatives. In English, we call it a Ching Ming Festival, Grave-Sweeping Day, Clear and Bright Festival. Ching Ming is held on the 106th day after winter solstice, and …