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ABS

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ABS
abbr.
antilock braking system

abs
abbr.
absolute temperature

abs [æbz]
pl n
Informal abdominal muscles

ABS
abbreviation for
(Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene: any of a range of tough copolymers used esp for making moulded articles
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Noun1.ABS - any of a class of composite plastics used to make car bodies and cases for computers and other appliances
plastic - generic name for certain synthetic or semisynthetic materials that can be molded or extruded into objects or films or filaments or used for making e.g. coatings and adhesives
Translations
ABS N ABBR =antilock braking systemABS m
abs [ˈæbz] npl (= abdominal muscles) → abdos mpl
ABS brakes [ˌeɪbiːɛsˈbreɪks] nplfreins mpl ABS
ABS abbr of anti-lock braking system; ABS brakesABS-Bremsen pl
abs
pl (inf) abbr of abductorsBauchmuskeln pl; abs pl and pecs plBauch- und Brustmuskeln pl


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learning' remain in your report; you have as much right, I suppose, to 'adorn your page' with Zulu and Chinese and Choctaw rubbish as others of your sort have to adorn theirs with insolent odds and ends smouched from half a dozen learned tongues whose A-B ABS they don't even know.
 
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