Entries - E
ed or -t? |
The following always end in -ed: learned, dreamed, spelled, smelled The following always ends in -t leapt The following end in -ed for the simple past, and past participle burned, spoiled, spilled but in -t when used as an adjective burnt, spoilt, spilt |
grammar |
electromagnet |
No hyphen. |
spelling, style |
electron |
A stable subatomic particle with a charge of negative electricity, found in all atoms and acting as the primary carrier of electricity in solids. Electrons belong to a class of particles called leptons. |
physics |
electronvolt |
One word. Or shorten to eV. |
style |
elementary particle |
Another term for fundamental particle. "Fundamental particle" is preferable – there is nothing elementary about the complex interactions of subatomic particles. |
physics |
elements |
Lower case ALICE detected lead-proton collisions. Milk contains lots of calcium. Where appropriate, give the chemical symbol in brackets. Superconducting dipole magnets on the Large Hadron Collider are made from niobium-titanium (NbTi) coils. |
style |
ellipsis |
Use the ellipsis character (… ) in quoted material if you need to show that words have been omitted from the middle of the original quote. In HTML5, it is written: … The ellipsis should always be followed by a space. |
punctuation, style |
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No hyphen. But e-commerce, e-book. |
style |
embedding video |
See video. |
style |
enquiring |
With an "e". Showing an interest in learning new things: CERN is a place for enquiring minds. Not inquiring. |
style |
entitled |
Don't use it. Use titled instead. |
style |
Euro (€) |
See Currencies |
style |
event |
An "event" is what happens after a collision: particles decay, form tracks and are detected. See collision or event?. |
physics, style |
event or collision? |
See collision or event?. |
style |
exclamation marks |
Avoid using them. If the statement is surprising or exciting, it will be clear to the reader without the need for an exclamation mark. In particular, avoid multiple exclamation marks e.g.: …this year the Wildcats are here and full of determination, as never before!!!!
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punctuation, style |
experiments |
Use capitals for the names of experiments (ATLAS, ALICE, NA62, CLOUD etc) except for: LHCb, LHCh and n_TOF (but note AEGIS is all caps). Because CERN experiments can involve thousands of people working across laboratories and countries, there is considerable overlap between the concept of an experiment, research team or collaboration. Be careful how you use these terms - think how inclusive the term needs to be. |
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