Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus.
SCUBA-self contained underwater breathing apparatus
Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus.
Yes, SCUBA is an acronym and it stands for Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
IT stands for Information Technology.---Athough, IT is not an acronym. An acronym is actual word that is made up from the first letters of a phrase such as scuba.(Self Contained Underwater Breathing Aparatus)
An acronym is a string of letters standing for the words in a phrase. So no - SCUBA was not a word before it was an acronym. As an acronym SCUBA (Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus) has entered the language and now can stand on its own as a noun -- an aqualung or a verb - scubaed and scubaing, an adjective - the scuba industry. So no an acronym doesn't have to be a word, and just because some become words doesn't mean they should. HAND.
It's an acronym: Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus = SCUBA (not scuba)
SCUBA was originally an acronym for "self contained underwater breathing apparatus," but today it's considered a word on its own
SCUBA. It is an acronym and not normally translated. I know SCUBA is used in both Spain and Mexico.
SCUBA stands for Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus.
The word scuba was originally an acronym for self contained breathing apparatus.
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