"ss" in this context

English translation: ff (following)

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
Spanish term or phrase:ss (siguientes)
English translation:ff (following)
Entered by: Martin Perazzo

00:12 Apr 3, 2002
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Spanish term or phrase: "ss" in this context
Bibliographic reference:

"páginas 76 y ss del informe".

"ss" means "subsiguientes". Would it be rendered the same in English? (e.g. pp. 76 and ss?)
Martin Perazzo
Spain
Local time: 01:48
"ff"
Explanation:
"ss" significa siguientes y yo lo que he visto en nglés es "ff" en este contexto.
Hope it helps.

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FACULTY LEGISLATION Page USE OF FACILITIES (pages II-900
ff.) Policies on Use of University Facilities . ...


wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/secfac/governance/legislation/Pages900ff.pdf

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Houston, Jean Young, \"Covenant-First Presbyterian Church Records, 1790-1840, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio,\" National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Volume 63 (1975), pages 28 ff., 145 ff., 209 ff., 298 ff., and Volume 64 (1976), pages 54 ff., 147 ff., and 206 ff.

www.geocities.com/Athens/2101/bibliogr.html

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Pages 568 ff, descriptions of 15
astrolabes. ... Appendices with star-names, bibliography and index. 179 pages ...

www.astrolabe.ch/literature.htm

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Elena Vazquez Fernandez
Spain
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4 +9"ff"
Elena Vazquez Fernandez
4 +2et seq.
Parrot
5foll.
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +9
"ff"


Explanation:
"ss" significa siguientes y yo lo que he visto en nglés es "ff" en este contexto.
Hope it helps.

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Note added at 2002-04-03 00:19:29 (GMT)
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FACULTY LEGISLATION Page USE OF FACILITIES (pages II-900
ff.) Policies on Use of University Facilities . ...


wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/secfac/governance/legislation/Pages900ff.pdf

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Note added at 2002-04-03 00:29:12 (GMT)
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Houston, Jean Young, \"Covenant-First Presbyterian Church Records, 1790-1840, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio,\" National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Volume 63 (1975), pages 28 ff., 145 ff., 209 ff., 298 ff., and Volume 64 (1976), pages 54 ff., 147 ff., and 206 ff.

www.geocities.com/Athens/2101/bibliogr.html

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Note added at 2002-04-03 00:31:10 (GMT)
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Pages 568 ff, descriptions of 15
astrolabes. ... Appendices with star-names, bibliography and index. 179 pages ...

www.astrolabe.ch/literature.htm

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Note added at 2002-04-03 00:32:27 (GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

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Return of the Condor, Frank Graham, Jr., Audubon, Jan-Feb. 2000, pp. 46 ff.



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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
foll.


Explanation:
This is what i found. It was also a discovery for me, for I didn't know either... :)

Subject - Linguistics - Language & Literature(=LA)


(1) ABBREV s

Reference Abreviaturas 85

(2) ABBREV ss

Reference Abreviaturas 85

(3) ABBREV sgte

Reference Abreviaturas 85

(4) ABBREV sig.

Reference Abreviaturas 85

(5) ABBREV sigs.

Reference Abreviaturas 85

(6) TERM siguiente

Reference Abreviaturas 85

(7) TERM siguientes

Reference Abreviaturas 85

(1) ABBREV foll.

(2) TERM following


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Check this out also:

Main Entry: ff
Function: abbreviation
folios, [following] and the following ones; fortissimo

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The second reference is from Merriam-webster Dictionary.


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et seq.


Explanation:
(for et sequitur). Just another option to show how many there are.

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