AD
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ad"
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AD
- (often punctuated) Initialism of anno Domini (borrowed from Latin); in the year of our Lord.
- They had a vibrant culture from the 3rd century BC to the 2nd century AD.
- Today is 8 March AD 2021.
Usage notesEdit
- The initialism is used to specify numbered years counting from the once estimated birth of Christ in year 1.
- The Chicago Manual of Style, as well as most house styles, requires placing AD before the number of the year and BC after, although in casual use either abbreviation can be found in either place. It is placed after centuries. It is often printed in small caps.
- Some use CE, for "Common Era", which is more secular in nature, to avoid potential Christian bias.
- "AD" is not normally used in expressions like "in the year AD 1990", since in such a year it is taken for granted (and it is also redundant, literally meaning "in the year in the year of our Lord 1990"). In "Vesuvius erupted in AD 79", it is expected.
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- (anno Domini): AC, A.C. (anno Christi); anno Domini, Anno Domini, CE, Christian Era, in the year of our Lord
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anno Domini
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AD (plural ADs)
- (film) Assistant director.
- (military) Air defence or air defense.
- Antidepressant.
- (US, Navy) Auxiliary destroyer - a naval tender, a destroyer tender that tends to destroyers.
- (uncountable) Alzheimer's disease.
- 2015 — Larochelle, Stéphane (December 2015). "STOMPing at the bits". Nature Methods 12 (12): 1114. doi:10.1038/nmeth.3679. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
- Many neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD), involve pathological protein deposits.
- 2015 — Larochelle, Stéphane (December 2015). "STOMPing at the bits". Nature Methods 12 (12): 1114. doi:10.1038/nmeth.3679. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
- (aviation) Initialism of airworthiness directive.
- (business) Initialism of anti-dumping.
- (television) Abbreviation of audio description.
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- (destroyer tender): AS
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AD
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AD (plural, first-person possessive ADku, second-person possessive ADmu, third-person possessive ADnya)
- Abbreviation of angkatan darat.
- Abbreviation of anggaran dasar.
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AD m or f (plural ?)
- Initialism of amministratore delegato (“CEO”).
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AD c (genitive AD:s)
- Abbreviation of Arbetsdomstolen (“Labour Court”). (the Swedish Labour Court)
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AD ?
- a combination of vitamin A and D, given to children (in 2008 replaced by only vitamin D)
- Initialism of art director.
- (soccer) Initialism of assisterande domare (“assistant referee”).