Usually means: Abbreviations formed from initial letters.
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  1. acronyms: Merriam-Webster
  2. acronyms: Collins English Dictionary
  3. acronyms: Vocabulary.com
  4. Acronyms, acronyms: Wordnik
  5. acronyms: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. acronyms: Wiktionary
  7. acronyms: Dictionary.com
  8. acronyms: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Acronyms: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. the acronyms: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  11. Acronyms: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. Acronyms: World Wide Words

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Acronyms: Glossary of English Grammar Terms

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. BABEL: Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms (No longer online)
  2. Acronyms: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Acronyms: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ACRONYMS: Acronym Finder

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Definitions from Wiktionary (acronym)

noun:  (linguistics) An abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words.
noun:  Generally such abbreviations, including those pronounced as individual letters (initialisms such as "TNT").
noun:  Exclusively such abbreviations when pronounced as a word (as "laser").
noun:  (linguistics) An abbreviation formed by the beginning letters or syllables of other words (as "Benelux").
verb:  To form into an acronym.
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