1. Noun
an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced separately; "HTML is an initialism for HyperText Markup Language"
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2. Noun
a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word; "‘NATO’ is an initialism for North Atlantic Treaty Organization"; "the word ‘scuba’ is an acronym for s(elf)-c(ontained) u(nderwater) b(reathing) a(pparatus)"
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