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  • abbreviation et alii (and others)

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  • abbreviation And others; to complete a list, especially of people, as authors of a published work.

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From Latin, abbreviation of et ("and") and alii ("others") and its forms and derivatives.

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  • Short for et alii.

    May 22, 2007