alphabet soup

Definitions

1. 1

   A type of soup that contains noodles in the shape of various alphabetical letters,…

   A type of soup that contains noodles in the shape of various alphabetical letters, sometimes also numbers.

   • Meronym: alfabeto
   • Parents have been entertaining their children at mealtime with alphabet soup since the nineteenth century.
2. 2

   A cryptic overabundance of acronyms and abbreviations.

   • The various engineering teams' correspondence on circuit board design was an alphabet soup to outsiders.
3. 3

   A quantity of people or organizations that are referred to by acronyms.

   • too many three-letter agencies, constituting an alphabet soup
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   1. 4

      A physical state in which there is a miscellany of different particles, often designated…

      A physical state in which there is a miscellany of different particles, often designated by letters.

      • This part of the neutron star has been described as ‘a rich Greek alphabet soup’.
      • The early big bang is an alphabet soup of quarks, W bosons, gluons, and other exotic particles and flavors. In the usual scenario, there is no place for the pion. It dissociates in the alphabet soup of the early universe.
   2. 5

      The series of preliminary races (denoted by letters) through which drivers must advance…

      The series of preliminary races (denoted by letters) through which drivers must advance to the main event.

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