Microwaves are used to detect speeding cars and to send telephone and television communications. Industry uses microwaves to dry and cure plywood, to cure rubber and resins, to raise bread and doughnuts, and to cook potato chips. But the most common consumer use of microwave energy is in microwave ovens.
An abbreviation is simply a shortening of a word or phrase. An abbreviation can be an acronym or an initialism. An acronym can be pronounced like a word: AFLAC (as uttered by â¦ the company's mascot duck), NASA, or URL.
Part of the Business terms glossary: An acronym (pronounced AK-ruh-nihm, from Greek acro-in the sense of extreme or tip and onyma or name) is an abbreviation of several words in such a way that the abbreviation itself forms a pronounceable word. The word may already exist or it can be a new word.