AR
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ar"
Translingual
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AR
- (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Argentina.
- (alchemy, archaic) abbreviation for aqua regia
- Synonym: 🜆
- (alchemy, archaic) abbreviation for balneum arenae (sand bath)
- (alchemy, archaic) abbreviation for lapis armenus (Armenian stone)
English
Noun
AR (countable and uncountable, plural ARs)
- (countable, weaponry) an AR-15 personal semi-automatic rifle, M-16 assault rifle, M-4 carbine, derivative or related gun; the Armalite AR family and derivatives.
- (countable, weaponry, informal) an assault rifle or automatic rifle.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of androgen receptor.
- (accounting, uncountable or plural only) Initialism of accounts receivable.
- (sports, countable) area record: best achievement among those by persons from a given continent
- (sports, US, countable) Abbreviation of American record., national record for the United States.
- (crime) Initialism of armed robbery.
- (computing, chiefly uncountable) Initialism of augmented reality.
- (countable) Initialism of aspect ratio.
- (fan fiction) alternate reality
- (meteorology) Initialism of atmospheric river.
- (emergency medicine) Initialism of artificial respiration.
- (philately, postal service) Initialism of acknowledgment of receipt.
- (law, politics) Initialism of assembly resolution.
- Initialism of administrative rule or administrative regulation.
- 1984 August 18, Karen J. Cox, “Women In Cages”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 6, page 7:
- As I was going over the AR book for my status change, I read several other ARs I believed the institution was violating so I decided to ask about them at the meeting.
See also
- (gun): AK
Proper noun
AR
- Postal abbreviation of Arkansas
- Abbreviation of Arunachal Pradesh. (a state of India)
Synonyms
- (Arkansas): Ark. (standard, not postal, abbreviation)
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Portuguese
Proper noun
AR
- (Portugal) Initialism of Assembleia da República (“Assembly of the Republic, the unicameral parliament of Portugal”).
- 2022 February 6, Paulo Portas, “Chega quer vice-presidente na AR. Como está a extrema-direita nos outros países da UE?”, in CNN Portugal:
- Foi uma das primeiras polémicas a sair das eleições legislativas: o Chega quer um lugar na vice-presidência da Assembleia da República - ao qual tem, tradicionalmente, direito, por ter sido a terceira força política mais votada - mas a esquerda ameaça vetar a proposta. Em Global, Paulo Portas explicou o que se passa noutros países europeus.
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