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ELT

American  

abbreviation

  1. English Language Teaching: teaching English to speakers of other languages.

  2. experiential learning theory: a pedagogical theory that proposes knowledge is best acquired through hands-on activity and reflective observation.


ELT British  

abbreviation

  1. English Language Teaching: the teaching of English specifically to students whose native language is not English

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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No time was wasted on choosing a name - it will be called the Extremely Large Telescope or ELT.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2024

In particular METIS, the Mid-infrared ELT Imager and Spectrograph, will give astronomers unrivalled views of the inner regions of planet-forming discs, where planets like Earth form.

From Science Daily Feb. 29, 2024

As ELT marches toward completion in 2028 or 2029, U.S. astronomers can only look on in envy.

From Science Magazine Oct. 17, 2023

The ELT is set to begin observations at the end of the decade.

From The Verge Dec. 23, 2021

ELT efforts sink or swim—or if other projects, such as a “next generation” upgrade to the nation’s Very Large Array of radio telescopes or expansions of gravitational-wave observatories, take priority.

From Scientific American Aug. 18, 2021

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