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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

But because locating them in this way can be difficult and time-consuming, the researchers aimed to see how well the ELT telescopes might handle the challenge.

From Science Daily • Jan. 29, 2024

Like ELT, TMT will consist of a mosaic of smaller mirrors, an approach pioneered on the existing 10-meter Keck telescopes.

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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