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a
2
(a)
abbreviation
(in travel timetables) arrives:
Penzance a 0915
[
in combination
]
(in units of measurement) atto- (10
−18
).
British
(with reference to sporting fixtures) away:
March 15 Sheffield United (a)
(used before a date) before:
a1200
[from Latin
ante
]
symbol
(
a
)
Physics
acceleration.
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