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nice to know i'm so usefull

domo

dom

-Dominic-

a.k.a = also known as smile.gif

-strawberry-

what about an underlined W ! unsure.gif

-strawberry-

Where did U see and what context?

I saw 'W' in Ramen menu in Japan and that was supposed to mean 'double' serving. I asked 'how' and was told because they sound the same.

-Bungalow Boy-

may be W mean with

-Minnie Mouse-

My boss mailed a dealer asking him to deliver the media ASAP. So he called back telling "madam we do not deal with any company named ASAP !" mellow.gif
I myself was puzzled when I was very new to research when I heard people giving so much importance to FAX facility! later to realize that they meant FACS(Flow cytometer) laugh.gif

-Calvin*-

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QUOTE (Ohmyhead @ Apr 20 2007, 07:17 AM)
A silly question: What's PI stands for? (Supervisor starts with a 'S' and has nothing to do with P&I?)


PI= isoelectric point of a protein


PI (in the context of supervisor) is principal investigator

-lauralee-

QUOTE (Minnie Mouse @ Oct 28 2007, 02:14 PM)
may be W mean with



yes, i think so
i saw this on our fridge (underlined W + deodorizer) blush.gif

-strawberry-

With is usually abbreviated as W/ instead of W I think.

-Bungalow Boy-

QUOTE (Bungalow Boy @ Oct 29 2007, 06:36 AM)
With is usually abbreviated as W/ instead of W I think.


never saw this before ! unsure.gif

-strawberry-

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