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ab-

a formal element occurring in loanwords from Latin, where it meant “away from”: abdicate; abolition.
Also, a-, abs-.


Origin:
< L ab (prep. and prefix) from, away, c. Gk apó, Skt ápa, G ab, E of 1 , off
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Used to indicate an electromagnetic unit in the centimeter-gram-second system: abcoulomb.

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