In his Journal and index, Ross used many abbreviations. Here is a list of all the ones that we have found. If any are missing, feel free to let us know about it by clicking an Error Feedback link on a page where the abbreviation is.
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| | abs | absolute | | 624 | 5058 | 2639 | | accumul.n | accumulation | | 664 | 6166 | | | ACE | Automatic Computing Engine by Turing | | | 361 | | | adap.n(s) | adaptation(s) | | 52 | | | | adap.t | adaptation | | 220 | 5354 | | | ad hoc | for a particular purpose only | | | 5960 | 3100 | | algeb.c | algebraic | | 68 | 4632 | | | amplif.n | amplification | | 656 | 5073 | | | anat.l | anatomical | | 220 | 5190 | 2705 | | applic.n | application | | 664 | 6166 | | | approx.n | approximation | | | | | | ASEI | ??American Science & Engineering Inc. | | | 6150 | 3199 | | ASP | | | 611 | 6811 | | | ASS (flow in) | | | 403 | 6974 | | | assump.n(s) | assumption(s) | | 148 | | | | behav.s | behaviours | | 74 | | | | BH | Barnwood House, (Gloucester, England.) | | | 6060 | 3152 | | BMJ | British Medical Journal | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | BNI | Burden Neurological Institute, Bristol, England. | | | 6060 | 3152 | | C. | conditioning | | 345 | 6754 | 3510 | | c't'd | continued | | | | | | c- (line above c) | with (latin for 'cum') used by Drs on presciptions etc. | | | | | | calc | calculation | | 493 | | | | calc.g | calculating | | 339 | | | | canon.l rep.n | canonical representation | | 167 | 5864 | 3051 | | cap.y | capacity | | 646 | 5092 | 2656 | | Cf. | | | 447 | | | | chem.l | chemical | | 103 | 2150 | 1150 | | CIS | constant intrinsic stability | | | 3366 | 1777 | | CIS | constant intrinsic stability | | | 3200 | 1691 | | classif.n | classification | | 510 | 4501 | 2351 | | CNS | central nervous system | | 225 | 199 | 146 | | communic.n | communication | | 653 | | | | compos.n | composition | | 28 | | | | cond.d | conditioned | | 57 | | | | cont.s | continuous | | | 4695 | 2451 | | contin.s | continuous | | 809 | | | | conv.ce | convergence | | 172 | 6345 | 3298 |
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| | | | | | | | convers.n | conversion | | 224 | 4290 | 2244 | | coord.n | coordination | | 282 | 6163 | 3205 | | coordin.n | coordination | | 282 | 6163 | 3205 | | correl.n | correlation | | 542 | 6431 | 3344 | | CR | conditional reflex | | 281 | 5707 | 2971 | | C Ref | | | 345 | | | | cyb.c(s) | cybernetic(s) | | 717 | | | | d (system) | | | 272 | 6772 | | | DAMS | Dispersive and Multistable System | | | | | | dec.s | decimals | | 797 | | | | def.n | definition | | 205 | | | | defin.n | definition | | | | | | dem. praecox | dementia praecox | | 20 | 110 | 58 | | demon.n | demonstration | | 220 | 4096 | 2146 | | depend.t | dependent | | 272 | 6772 | | | destruc.n | destruction | | 14 | | | | det. | determined | | 630 | 6303 | 3277 | | det.d | determined | | 272 | 6772 | 3579 | | determ | determine | | 809 | 4848 | 2532 | | determ.te | determinate | | 705 | 3786 | 1989 |
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| | | | | | | | DfB | "Design for a Brain" | | | 5388 | 2807 | | DFB | "Design for a Brain" | | | 6243 | 3247 | | D for a B | "Design for a Brain" | | | 4075 | | | DIE | diagram of immediate effects | | | 4334 | 2268 | | diff. | different | | 415 | | | | diff.l | differential | | | 988 | 551 | | differ.l | differential | | 656 | 6434 | | | discontin.s | discontinuous | | | 4695 | 2451 | | discr.ve | disciminative | | 763 | 5539 | 2885 | | discrim.n | discrimination | | | | | | discrim.ve | discriminative | | 401 | 4946 | 2581 | | dist.n | distribution | | | 3272 | 1729 | | distinguish.y | distinguishability | | 212 | 4559 | 2379 | | distr.n | distribution | | 282 | 6345 | 3298 | | distrib. | distribution | | 643 | 423 | 262 | | domin.g S | dominating system | | 580 | 4312 | 2257 | | DP | dementia praecox | | 146 | 200 | 146 | | ds | dynamic systems | | 252 | 4793 | | | DT | | | 640 | 254 | | | dyn.c | dynamic | | 651 | | |
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| | | | | | | | ECT | elctroconvulsive therapy | | | | | | EEG | electro-encephalogram | | | 2749 | 1463 | | EERL (Library) | Earthquake Engineering Reseach Laboratory | | | 6364 | 3308 | | elec.c | electric | | 103 | 2317 | 1240 | | elec.l | electrical | | 103 | 2317 | 1240 | | env.t | environment | | 288 | 3518 | 1852 | | envir.t | environment | | 13 | | | | eq.a | equation | | 580 | 3488 | 1837 | | eq.m | equilibrium | | 102 | 6440 | 3349 | | eq.n(s) | equation(s) | | 103 | 4290 | 2244 | | eqiv. | equivalence | | 242 | 4475 | | | equ.n | equation | | 760 | | | | equil.a | equilibria | | 486 | 6350 | 3301 | | equil.m | equilibrium | | 750 | | | | equilib | equilibrium | | 276 | | | | equiprob. | equiprobable | | 281 | | | | equit.a | | | | | | | equiv | equivalence | | 242 | 4475 | 2338 | | equiv. | | | 624 | | | | equiv.ce | equivalence | | 403 | 6171 | 3209 |
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| | | | | | | | equival. | equivalence | | 480 | | | | erg.c (systems) | ergodomic | | 284 | 2517 | 1345 | | ess. | essential | | 10 | 5767 | 3001 | | essent | essential | | 672 | | | | essential var | essential variable | | | | | | et. seq. (et sequens) | and the following | | 154 | | | | EV(s) | essential variable(s) | | 154 | 4284 | | | exp.t | experimenter | | 705 | 3698 | 1945 | | exper.ter | experimenter | | 275 | 4048 | 2122 | | experim.? | | | 400 | | | | expert. | experiment | | | 2218 | 1186 | | explan.n | explanation | | 57 | | | | expts | experts | | 57 | 2205 | 1179 | | extrapol.n | extrapolation | | 46 | | | | f.(s) | function(s) | | | | | | f.i. | for instance | | | 2424 | back vol 17 | | freq. | frequency | | | 237 | 165 | | fun.cn | function | | 46 | 5684 | | | func.n | function | | 571 | | | | fundam.l | fundamental | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | G | | | | | | | g (linear) | graph | | | | | | gener.n | generation | | 422 | 5809 | 3022 | | generalis.n | generalisation | | 155 | |
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| | G.P.I. | General Paralysis of the Insane | | | 3669 | |
| | habit | | | | | | | habit.n | habituation | | | | | | homomorph.m | homomorphism | | 374 | | | | hp | horse power | | | 4276 | 2237 | | HYFI | Hydraulic Feedack Imitator | | | | | | I.c [small I, raised c] | intrinsic | | 383 | 3490 | 1838 | | imp. | impulse | | 539 | 297 | 195 | | in.c | intrinsic | | 383 | 3490 | 1838 | | indep.ce | independence | | 301 | | | | indep.t | independent | | 646 | 5092 | 2656 | | inf.n | information | | 715 | | | | inform/n | information | | 105 | 3217 | 1700 | | inform.l | | | | | | | instr.n | instruction | | | 4271 | | | insuff.t | insufficient | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | IQ | intelligent quoitent [[/spelling!]] | | | 4276 | 2237 | | IRM | inate releasing mechanism | | 373 | | | | I to Cybs | "Introduction to Cybernetics" | | | 5537 | 2884 | | J.M. | Jacobian matrix | | | 1299 | | | jac | jacobian | | | 1371 | 713 | | KCN | (a diffusible drug) | | | 153 | 749 | | LES | "local excitatory state" | | | 315 | 80 | | local.n | localisation | | 664 | 6362 | 204 | | Ltd | limited | | | 1477 | | | mach. w. | machine with | | 813 | 6936 | 2557 | | math.l | mathematical | | 663 | 6566 | | | mathem.l | mathematical | | | | | | maths | mathematical | | | | | | max.l | | | 657 | 6932 | | | McC | McCullock, W.S. | | | 2608A | | | mech.m | mechanism | | 10 | 5757 | 1391 | | MIT | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | | | 6364 | 806 | | MS | multistable systems | | 478 | 4899 | 3308 | | multistable S | multistable system | | | | 2996 | | nec.y | necessary | | 809 | | back vol 17 |
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| | | | | | | | nervous syst. | nervous system | | | | | | no. | number | | 10 | 5768 | | | no. of. eq.a | number of equations | | | | 3002 | | NP | neutral point | | | 915 | | | NS | nervous system | | | | 879 | | null-f(s) | null function(s) | | | | | | ob.n | observation | | 736 | 5439 | | | obn. | observastion | | 736 | 5438 | 2832 | | obs.n(s) | observation(s) | | 821 | | | | ofs (in shorthand) | operations | | 3846 | | | | one-param.t | one-parameter | | 340 | 2067 | 2019 | | op.n | operation | | 67 | 6086 | 1108 | | op.r | operator | | 564 | 905 | 3167 | | op.rs | operators | | 281 | | 507 | | op.t | operator | | 564 | 905 | | | oper.r | operator | | | | 507 | | org.m | organism | | 764 | | | | org.n | organisation | | 290 | 5811 | | | organ.n | organisation | | 74 | 904 | 3023 | | organis.n(s) | organisation(s) | | 485 | 6193 | 506 |
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| | | | | | | | oscill.n(s) | oscillation(s) | | 471 | | 3220
| | "p" | "perseveration" | | 406 | 290 | 191
| | param. | parameter | | 705 | | | | param.t | parameter | | 340 | | | | part-f(s) | part-functions | | 277 | 3488 | | | patts | patterns | | 539 | 297 | 1837 | | phenom. | phenomenon | | 186 | 286 | 195 | | physiol.l | physiological | | 220 | 5190 | 189 | | prob.y | probability | | 582 | 5447 | 2705 | | probab.y | probability | | 281 | 5504 | 2836 | | probs | probabilities | | | 3235 | 2866 | | propos.n | proposition | | 478 | 6065 | 1711 | | pt | patient | | 574 | | 3154 | | Q [effect on] | | | 391 | | | | QED | proved (quod erat demonstrandum) | | | 6683 | | | QEF | | | | 3411 | | | RC | Roger Conant | | | 6428 | 1799 | | rect.r | rectangular | | 798 | | back vol 17 | | reducib.y | reducibility | | | | | | Ref. | reference | | | | | | regul.n | regulation | | 271 | | |
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| | | | | | | | rel.n | relation(s) | | | 6171 | | | rep.n | representation | | 167 | 5864 | 2302 | | rep.t | ?reprint | | | | | | rep.u | | | | | | | rep(s) | representative(s) | | | 4404 | 3209 | | repr.t | represent | | 326 | | | | represent.g | representing | | 793 | | | | represent.n | representation | | 736 | | | | reps. | reprints | | 788 | | | | ret | retina | | 672 | | | | RP | representative point | | | 3414 | 1800 | | S | system | | 693 | | | | self-stab.s | self-stabilising system | | 452 | | 2423 | | sh.d | should | | 233 | 5371 | | | SHM | | | 471 | 2600 | | | signif.t | ?significant | | | 5042 | 2798 | | simplif.g | ?simplifying | | 474 | | 2631 | | simplif.n | simplification | | 366 | 6148 | | | simult.s | simultaneous | | 57 | | 3198 | | SNARC | first randomly wired neural network learning machine by Minsky | | 311 | 5557 | |
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| | | | | | | | SO | standing order(s) | | | 4643 | 1386 | | spec.d | specialised | | 663 | 5808 | | | specific.n | specification | | 705 | | | | SRS | | | 804 | | | | stab.y | stability | | 242 | 4475 | | | stabil.y | stability | | 809 | | | | state-det.d-system | state-determined system | | 272 | 6772 | 3579 | | step-f.s | step-functions | | 114 | 3867 | | | S to S | system to system | | 804 | | | | substit/n | substitution | | 92 | 1198 | 2029 | | superimp. | superimpose | | 539 | 297 | 660 | | syndr. | syndrome | | 640 | 121 | 195 | | TF | transfer function | | | 2601 | 64 | | thalam. | thalamic | | 640 | 121 | 1387 | | thru | through | | | | 64 | | tilde-oper.n | tilde operation | | 69 | 6086 | | | Tr | transition | | 800 | | 3167 | | traj.y | trajectory | | 310 | 5393 | | | traject.s | trajectories | | 679 | | | | transf.mn | transformation | | | | 2809 |
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| | | | | | | | transf.n | transformation | | 827 | | | | transform.n | transformation | | 740 | | | | transmiss.n | transmission | | | | | | trigon.l | trigonometrical | | | 4578 | | | ultrastab.y | ultrastability | | 745 | | 705 | | ultrastable S. | ultrastable system | | 693 | | 2998 | | US | ultra stable | | 708 | 5760 | | | v. | versus | | 463 | | | | vars | variables | | 207 | 4113 | | | vector-form.n | vector formation | | 424 | 7142 | | | w. | with | | 813 | 6936 | | | WRA | William Ross Ashby | | | 4721 | |
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