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abbreviation of chapter

English translation: Chap. or Ch.

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English term or phrase:	abbreviation of chapter
English translation:	Chap. or Ch.
Entered by:	carly

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20:08 Jun 12, 2005

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English term or phrase: abbreviation of chapter

Is the abbreviation of chapter "chap." or something else maybe?
thanks

carly KudoZ activity Questions: 299 (none open) (8 closed without grading) Answers: 222 Italy
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Chap. or Ch.

Explanation:
Oxford recognizes both, and personally, I prefer the longer Chap., unless it is too lengthy for use in a complex bibliography etc.

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Note added at 6 mins (2005-06-12 20:14:52 GMT)
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Rapid Googling suggests that Ch. is more common (c. 3M hits vs. 1.5M for Chap.)
HOWEVER, many of those may not turn out to be relevant, particularly since CH is so common, both in connection with Switzerland, and also, in terms of the very common chemical combination -CH-. It\'s exactly for this reason that I prefer the longer but less ambiguous Chap.

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Note added at 11 hrs 17 mins (2005-06-13 07:25:25 GMT)
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Can\'s note suggesting a US /UK difference may indeed be the case; the Americans are always in such a hurry, they like cutting as many letters off as possible! ;-)

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Tony M
France
Local time: 19:53

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thanks to all but esp. Dusty for his thorough explanation.
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5 +8

Ch.

David Russi

4 +3

Chap. or Ch.

Tony M

4 +1

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JCEC

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peer agreement (net): +8

Ch.

Explanation:
Ch = Chapter

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Note added at 1 min (2005-06-12 20:09:57 GMT)
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You can find it here, for example:

http://www.aresearchguide.com/comabb.html

David Russi
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peer agreement (net): +1

Note

Explanation:
There are variations but "chap." (sometimes with a capital c) is the most common .

JCEC
Local time: 13:53
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French

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peer agreement (net): +3

Chap. or Ch.

Tony M
France
Local time: 19:53
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Grading comment

thanks to all but esp. Dusty for his thorough explanation.

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