ABS
Translingual
Symbol
ABS
- (international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Abu Simbel Airport, which serves Abu Simbel, Aswan, Egypt.
English
Noun
ABS
- (automotive) Initialism of antilock braking system.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene.
- (plumbing, informal, humorous) Initialism of all-black stuff: i.e. acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, referring to the black color of the waste water
- Initialism of automatic block signaling.
- Initialism of auto-brewery syndrome.
Derived terms
Translations
antilock braking system
Proper noun
ABS
- (computing) Initialism of Arch build system.
- (Australia) Initialism of Australian Bureau of Statistics.
- (Philippines, colloquial) Ellipsis of ABS-CBN.
See also
References
- Bashford, David. Thermoplastics: Directory and databook; →ISBN. London: Chapman & Hall, 1997.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Borrowed from German ABS, initialism of German Antiblockiersystem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.be.ɛs/
Audio: (file)
Noun
ABS m
- (automotive) initialism of système de freinage antiblocage
Anagrams
German
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
ABS
- initialism of Antiblockiersystem (anti-lock braking system)
Indonesian
Noun
ABS (plural ABS-ABS)
- abbreviation of asal bapak senang
Japanese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [e̞ːbʲiːe̞sɨ]
Noun
ABS • (ēbīesu)
- (automotive) Initialism of anti-lock brake system.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of alkyl benzene sulfonate.
Spanish
Noun
ABS m (plural ABS)
- ABS (antilock brake system)
Further reading
- “ABS”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024