Ets
name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Initialism of emissions trading scheme. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
"Free pollution permits worth €98.5bn were given to energy-intensive sectors […]. This is more than the €88.5bn that the EU’s emissions trading scheme (ETS) charged polluters, mostly coal and gas power stations, for their CO₂ emissions. […] Carbon emissions covered by the ETS have fallen by 37% since it began in 2005, largely thanks to the growth of renewable energy."
- 2 plural of ET form-of, plural
- 3 Initialism of environmental tobacco smoke. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
"The evidence clearly showed that ETS increased the risk of SIDS, but the panel couldn’t decide whether that risk was caused by prenatal smoking, postnatal ETS, or both."
- 4 Initialism of end of term of service or expiration of term of service. US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 5 Initialism of estimated time of separation. US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 1 Initialism of Educational Testing Service: the world's largest private nonprofit educational testing and assessment organization, founded in 1947. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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More examples"Bratislav, of Croatian ancestry, believes in "extraterrestrials" or ETs, a term he prefers over "aliens." Both he and I agree that such beings may be millions or billions of years more advanced than "we" humans are. He mentions that some of them have the power of invisibility or they can phase in and out of walls like ghosts. I ask Bratislav if he thinks that the ETs are from the same universe as ours and if he believes in the "multiverse," the multiplicity of different universes. Thereof, he is not so sure."
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