Eo
adj, name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A Korean wooden percussion instrument in the shape of a tiger with a serrated back, played by running a bamboo whisk across the serrations.
- 2 Initialism of executive order. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
"A second EO states that any “discriminatory” policies related to DEI in the military will be banned."
- 3 Abbreviation of ethylene oxide. abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Adjective
- 1 Initialism of equal-opportunity. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
- 2 Initialism of electro-optical abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Proper Noun
- 1 Initialism of Education Otherwise, a home education charity in the UK abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 2 A river in northern Spain, whose estuary marks part of the border between Galicia and Asturias
Synonyms
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More examples"In 1995, the world's attention was drawn to the 126 daily flights of the Mir orbital station by the joint Russian-Kazakhstan EO-16 crew."
Etymology
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Korean 어 (eo).
Etymology 2
Abbreviation
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