[DOC] [TLE] 25 Words That Are Actually Acronyms | Mental Floss [PAR] Jan 28, 2015 ... Here are the stories and meanings behind 25 words, names and titles ... posh a 
prime example of a backronym, a word mistakenly presumed to be an acronym. 
... Not the aga as in Aga Khan, this Aga is a type of cast-iron cooking ... of words 
formed by a vague attempt to pronounce a string of lettersin... [DOC] [TLE] acronym - Medical dictionary [PAR] For example, NATO is an acronym for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ... 
This term, which was first used in the 1940s, denotes a type of abbreviation made 
... word formed from the first letters of a series of words, 1943, Amer. ... acronym 
  NOUN  a word formed from the initial letters of other words (e.g. laser, Aids)
. [DOC] [TLE] Difference between acronyms and initials?  Pain in the English [PAR] May 10, 2012 ... A word formed from the initial letters of other words or (occas.) ... I think that 
initialism is a form of acronyms (?) and mnemonics ... acronym noun a word 
made from the first letters or syllables of other words, and ... (and some other 
languages), too, such as radar, sonar, laser, and maser. ... Example usage. [DOC] [TLE] GRAPHICAL ABBREVIATIONS. ACRONYMS - . [PAR] Dec 25, 2014 ... Such words formed from the initial letter or letters of each of the successive parts 
of a phrasal term have two possible types of orthoepic ... The last example shows 
that acronyms are often homonymous to ordinary ... Typical of acronymic 
coinages in technical terminology are JATO, laser, maser and radar. [DOC] [TLE] Wordwizard  View topic - Interesting Acronyms [PAR] 1) A word formed from the initial letters of a name, such as WAC for Women's A
rmy Corps. 2) A word formed by combining initial letters or parts of a series of 
words, such ... The first acronym came up in a nonfiction book I'm reading, placed 
in ... alnico; gestapo; jato; laser; loran; maser; radar; rem; rep; scuba;... [DOC] [TLE] Sample Document Illustrating the glossaries-extra Package [PAR] Jun 18, 2016 ... or \newabbreviation) uses the first (or firstplural) key on first use and the text (or ... 
An acronym is a word formed from the initial letters of other words. Since it's ... of 
letters. Examples of acronyms: laser, maser, radar and scuba. ... The default 
plural for the short form is obtained by appending the abbreviation. [DOC] [TLE] sample-mixture.tex [PAR] The first use of \gls may or may not match \glsfirst for non-regular entries, 
depending on the abbreviation style. ... An acronym is a word formed from the 
initial letters of other words. ... Examples of acronyms: laser, maser, radar and 
scuba. ... The default plural for the short form is obtained by appending the 
abbreviation plural... [DOC] [TLE] Shortenings, Blends and Acronyms - Digital Commons @ Butler ... [PAR] words - shortenings, blends and acronyms - are discussed below; in all three, a 
new ... ordinarily formed by taking the first few letters from one word ... words that 
can be taken in either order (for a notable example, consider ... disco( theque) 
logo( type) ..... is laser, from Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radia 
tion. [DOC] [TLE] Laser - Wikipedia [PAR] A laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification 
based on the stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation. The term "laser" 
originated as an acronym for "light amplification by stimulated emission of 
radiation". The first laser was built in 1960 by Theodore H. Maiman at Hughes .... 
Further use of the words laser and maser in an extended sense, not referring... [DOC] [TLE] List of acronyms: L - Wikipedia [PAR] acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as if it were a word, e.g., SARS = severe 
... the names of its constituent letters, e.g., CD = compact disc, pronounced cee

Question: LASER & MASER are examples of this type of word formed from the first letters of a series of words
Answer: Acronym