An abbreviation is a unit of speech that is composed by reducing a few words to one or two to three letters in each. In Russian speech, they can be represented by a variant of a shortened word or an initial type. In the first case, the combination of morphemes is supposed, in the second - taking only the initial letters of each word. What does the abbreviation "SLM" mean? Deciphering it for different fields of activity is given below.
Abbreviation Role and Classification
So, as already mentioned above, the abbreviation can be represented by two main types, and it is necessary to indicate a third, special case. Thus, we obtain the classification:
- initial options;
- compound words;
- acronyms.
The latter form is such a letter combination that is read and pronounced as a single word, and not letter by letter, in contrast to the initial variant. Examples of such abbreviations: NATO (alliance), NASA (space agency), RAS (academy), ABBA (group from Sweden), high school (educational institution) - all these words have long been perceived not as abbreviations, but as commonly used.
Examples of words obtained by the abbreviated method are: a maternity hospital, a terrorist attack, a collective farm, a party committee, a regional committee, and a Komsomol (as we see, during the socialist rule such abbreviations were firmly established in society).
Initial forms that are read letter by letter: FBI, FMS, KGB. As a separate form, one can also single out such abbreviations that were developed to define an existing specific single concept, for example, comprehensive automobile insurance except liability (CASCO).
Abbreviations make life easier for people by reducing complex and long words and phrases, while saving human time and energy.
SLM reduction
Speaking of various kinds of abbreviations, it should be noted that in different spheres of human activity the same combinations of letters can have completely different meanings, and may not be related in meaning.
So, the acronym JV can be interpreted as a “joint venture” when it comes to economic relations, and as a “north pole” in the context of geography.
The acronym for ODS implies completely different interpretations in terms of meaning, depending on which field of activity is involved. Medicine, biology, and construction have a different perception of a reduction in ODS. Decoding will be different for each industry. Next, we consider in detail each of the interpretation options.
The medicine
So, the reduction of ODS. Decoding in medicine is simple: the human musculoskeletal system.
This organ system is represented by the bone skeleton and muscle component, its main functions:
- Supporting. The skeleton itself is the main skeleton of the body, and in conjunction with the muscles, it literally "holds" the body in the required position, determines the location of the internal organs and fixes them.
- Propulsion. Thanks to the movable articulation of the vertebrae and joints, as well as through contraction and muscle function, the musculoskeletal system provides movement in space.
- Protective. The most important organs - the brain of the brain and bone marrow - are under the most powerful protection of the bone (the skull in the first case and the spine itself in the second). All other organs of the human body are somehow protected either by the bone (organs of the chest under the protection of the ribs) or by muscles (the press protects the organs of the abdominal cavity).
Thus, we found out what in medicine means ODS. Decoding in this area reveals the physiological meaning of the concept.
Biology
The next branch of knowledge and human activity is biology. The definition says that it is a science about nature, about all living things and about the laws inherent in organic life. This knowledge system also uses the reduction of ODS. Biology gives the decoding exactly the same as medicine and interprets the abbreviation as “musculoskeletal system”.
The only difference can be considered that the concept of the musculoskeletal system in biology is slightly broader, and in medicine it is specified by the fact that we are talking about a person. In biology, the musculoskeletal system is considered as a combination of organs not only of a person, but of any other animal.
ODS: decoding in construction
What is the interpretation of the abbreviation in the field of construction? When it comes to the construction of a residential facility with an elevator, a production building, a transport facility, the reduction of the SLM is also used. Decryption in this case: integrated dispatch system. It is a set of links for the management or operation of equipment, production, transport enterprise. Refers to safety and security systems.
ODS TSUKS - abbreviation
Another area where SLA reduction is used is the salvation of people. More precisely, the abbreviation is used by people serving in the Ministry of Emergency Situations and in services controlled by it. Interpreted by the UDF in this area as an operational duty service.
Often these three letters stand next to the others, namely, with the MCC. If we are talking about the UMC of the MCC, then the operational duty service of the crisis management center is meant. This unit is engaged in minimizing the effects of natural disasters, eliminating fires.
Abbreviations occupy a special place in the Russian language. Abbreviations simplify oral and written speech, save time. The same combination of letters can be deciphered in different ways in different fields of activity, and the acronym ODS is proof of this.