Abbreviations
Home Up Practice Test

Abbrev. Meaning

1.

AC Alternating Current

2.

ACOUS Acoustical

3.

ACT Actual

4.

ADD’L Additional

5.

AFF Above Finished Floor

6.

AIA American Institute of Architects

7.

AIR COND Air Conditioning

8.

ALT Alternate

9.

AP Access Panel

10.

APPD Approved

11.

APPROX Approximate

12.

ARCH Architectural

13.

AL Aluminum

14.

AMP Ampere

15.

AMT Amount

16.

ANSI American National Standards Institute

17.

ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials

18.

AUTO Automatic

19.

AUX Auxiliary

20.

@ At

21.

B Bathroom, Bottom

22.

BASMT Basement

23.

BLDG Building

24.

BLK Block

25.

BLKG Blocking

26.

BLR Boiler

27.

BM Beam, Bench Mark

28.

BOT Bottom

29.

BP Base Plate, Bedroom

30.

BR Brass

31.

C Celsius

32.

C or COND Conduit

33.

C/C, C to C Center to Center

34.

CAB Cabinet

35.

CB Catch Basin

36.

CD Ceiling Diffuser

37.

CEM Cement

38.

CFM Cubic Feet per Minute

39.

CHAM Chamfer

40.

CHR Chilled Water Return

41.

CHS Chilled Water Supply

42.

CIRC Circumference

43.

CL Center Line, Closet

44.

CLG Ceiling

45.

CONC Concrete, Concentric

46.

CW Cold Water

47.

CWS Cold Water Supply

48.

DC Direct Current

49.

DEC Decorative

50.

DEG Degree

51.

DET Detail

52.

DF Drinking Fountain

53.

DH Double-Hung

54.

DIM Dimension, Dimmer

55.

DN Down

56.

DR Dining Room, Drain, Door

57.

DS Down Spout

58.

DW Dish Washer, Dry Wall

59.

DWG Drawing

60.

EA Each

61.

EF Exhaust Fan

62.

EL, ELEV Elevation

63.

ELEC Electric

64.

ELVR Elevator

65.

EMER Emergency

66.

ENT Entrance

67.

EST Estimate

68.

EW Each Way

69.

EXIST Existing

70.

EXP Expansion

71.

EXP JT Expansion Joint

72.

EXT Exterior

73.

F Fahrenheit

74.

FAM RM Family Room

75.

FAO Finish All Over

77.

FD Floor Drain

78.

FDN Foundation

79.

FIN Finish

80.

FIN FL Finish Floor

81.

FIX Fixture

82.

FLR Floor

83.

FLUOR Fluorescent

84.

FP Fireplace

85.

FR Frame

86.

FRG Furring

87.

FT Feet

88.

FTG Fitting, Footing

89.

FURN Furnish

90.

GAR Garage

91.

GC General Contractor

92.

GFCI Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter

93.

GL Glass, Glazed

94.

GND Ground

95.

GR Grade

96.

H Hall

97.

HB Hose Bib

98.

HDWD Hardwood

99.

HGT Height

100.

HR Hour

101.

HTR Heater

102.

HVAC Heating and Ventilating and Air Conditioning

103.

HW Hot Water

104.

INCAND Incandescent

105.

INCL Include

106.

INCR Increaser

107.

INT Interior

108.

JST Joist

109.

JT Joint

110.

KS Kitchen Sink

111.

L Left

112.

L & PP Light and Power Panel

113.

LAB Laboratory

114.

LAU Laundry

115.

LAV Lavatory

116.

LR Living Room

117.

LT Light

118.

LV Low Voltage

119.

MAX Maximum

120.

MECH Mechanical

121.

MED Medium

122.

MET Metal

123.

MEZZ Mezzanine

124.

MFR Manufacturer

125.

MIN Minimum

126.

MISC Miscellaneous

127.

MLDG Molding

128.

N North

129.

NA Not Available

130.

NEC National Electric Code

131.

NO Number

132.

NOM Nominal

133.

NTS Not to Scale

134.

OC On Center

135.

OD Outside Diameter

136.

OFF Office

137.

OUT Outlet

138.

OVHD Overhead

139.

PAN Pantry

140.

PAR Parallel

141.

PART Partition

142.

PL Pilot Light, Plate, Property Line

143.

PLWD Plywood

144.

PREFAB Prefabricated

145.

PTD Painted

146.

PTN Partition

147.

PVC Polyvinyl Chloride

148.

PWR Power

149.

QT Quarry Tile

150.

QTY Quantity

151.

R Radius, Risers

152.

RA Return Air

153.

RD Roof Drain, Round

154.

REC Recessed

155.

RECP Receptacle

156.

REF Reference, Refrigerator

157.

REG Register

158.

REV Revision

159.

RFG Roofing

160.

RGH Rough

161.

RGH OPNG Rough Opening

162.

RM Room

163.

S or SW Switch

164.

SCH Schedule

165.

SDG Siding

166.

SECT Section

167.

SHT Sheet

168.

SK Sink

169.

SPEC Specification

170.

SPKR Speaker

171.

SQ Square

172.

STD Standard

173.

STOR Storage

174.

T Thermostat, Tread Top of

175.

TAN Tangent

176.

TEL Telephone

177.

TOIL Toilet

178.

TV Television

179.

TYP Typical

180.

UG Underground

181.

UL Underwriters Laboratory

182.

UNFIN Unfinished

183.

UNO Unless Noted Otherwise

184.

UR Urinal

185.

VAN Vanity

186.

VAR Varies

187.

VERT Vertical

188.

VEST Vestibule

189.

VF Vinyl Wall Fabric

190.

VOL Volume

191.

W Washer (laundry), Waste, Water, Watts

192.

WC Water Closet

193.

WD Wood

194.

WDW Window

195.

WH Water Heater, Weep Hole

196.

WWF Welded Wire Fabric        

 

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This page was last updated  Thursday, January 24, 2002.