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improving dictionary and glossary

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pseudorapidities
rapidities
antiproton
ReReco
reweighting
cosmics
Alignables
Scriptum
interfill
BPIX
FPIX
PCL
HV
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\newacronym{ALICE}{ALICE}{A~Large~Ion~Collider~Experiment}
\newacronym{ATLAS}{ATLAS}{A~Toroidal~LHC~ApparatuS}
\newacronym{aMCatNLO}{\textsc{aMC@NLO}}{automated~MC~at~NLO}
\newacronym{APE}{APE}{Alignment Parameter Errors}
\newacronym{ARGUS}{ARGUS}{A~Russian-German-United States-Swedish collaboration}
\newacronym{AVF}{AVF}{Adaptive~Vertex~Fitter}
\newacronym{AVR}{AVR}{Adaptive~Vertex~Reconstruction}
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\newacronym{Belle}{Belle}{French word for beauty}
\newacronym{BFKL}{BFKL}{after the four physicists \textsc{Balitsky}, \textsc{Fadin}, \textsc{Kuraev} and \textsc{Lipatov}}
\newacronym{BLT}{BLT}{Bottom~Line~Test}
\newacronym{BPIX}{BPIX}{Barrel Pixel}
\newacronym{BR}{BR}{Branching~Ratio}
\newacronym{BSM}{BSM}{searches Beyond~the~SM}
\newacronym{BS}{BS}{Beam Spot}
\newacronym{CASTOR}{CASTOR}{Centauro~And~STrange~Object~Research in~nucleus-nucleus~collisions at~the~LHC}
\newacronym{CCFM}{CCFM}{after the four physicists \textsc{Catani}, \textsc{Ciafaloni}, \textsc{Fiorani} and \textsc{Marchesini}}
\newacronym{CDC}{CDC}{Cosmics During Collisions}
\newacronym{CDF}{CDF}{Collider~Detector~at~Fermilab}
%\newacronym{CERN}{CERN}{European~Organisation~for~Nuclear~Research (originally \emph{Conseil~Europ\'een~pour~la~Recherche~Nucl\'eaire}, kept for the proximity with the Germanic root \emph{kern}, meaning \emph{nucleus})}
%\newacronym{CESR}{CESR}{Cornell~Electron-positron~Storage~Ring, pronounced \emph{Caesar}}
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\newacronym{CMS}{CMS}{Compact~Muon~Solenoid}
\newacronym{cms}{c.m.s.}{centre-of-mass}
\newacronym{cMVA}{\texttt{cMVAv2}}{combined-Multi-Variate-Analysis}
\newacronym{CRAFT}{CRAFT}{Cosmic~Run~At~Four~Tesla}
\newacronym{CSC}{CSC}{Cathode~Strip~Chamber}
\newacronym{CSV}{\texttt{CSVv2}}{Combined-Secondary-Vertex}
\newacronym{CT}{CT}{Closure~Test}
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\newacronym{CUSB}{CUSB}{Columbia~University-Stony~Brook}
\newacronym{DASP2}{DASP2}{Double~Arm~SPectrometer (DESY-Dortmund-Heidelberg-Lund)}
\newacronym{DHHM}{DHHM}{DESY-Hamburg-Heidelberg-München collaboration}
\newacronym{DQM}{DQM}{Data Quality Monitoring}
\newacronym{DIS}{DIS}{Deeply~Inelastic~Scattering}
\newacronym{DGLAP}{DGLAP}{after the five physicists \textsc{Dokshitzer}, \textsc{Gribov}, \textsc{Lipatov}, \textsc{Altarelli} and \textsc{Parisi}}
\newacronym{DPS}{DPS}{Double-Parton~Scattering}
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\newacronym{DESY}{DESY}{\emph{Deutsches~Electroknen-Synchrotron}}
\newacronym{DORIS}{DORIS}{\emph{DOppel-RIng~Speicher}}
\newacronym{D0}{}{after the location of the detector}
\newacronym[\glslongpluralkey={Distributions of the Medians of the Residuals}]{DMR}{DMR}{Distribution of the Medians of the Residuals}
\newacronym{E288}{E288}{after the location of the detector}
\newacronym{EB}{EB}{ECAL~Barrel}
\newacronym{ECAL}{ECAL}{Electromagnetic~CALorimeter}
\newacronym{EE}{EE}{ECAL~End-caps}
\newacronym{EOM}{EOM}{Equations~of~Motion}
\newacronym{EOY}{EOY}{End~Of~the~Year}
\newacronym{em}{e.m.}{electromagnetic}
\newacronym{EW}{EW}{Electroweak}
\newacronym{FCR}{FCR}{Flavour~Creation}
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\newacronym{FF}{FF}{Fragmentation~Function}
\newacronym{FO}{FO}{fixed~order}
\newacronym{FGR}{FGR}{Fermi~Golden~Rule}
\newacronym{FPIX}{FPIX}{Forward Pixel}
\newacronym{FSR}{FSR}{Final-State~Radiation}
\newacronym{GEANTfour}{\textsc{geant}~4}{GEometry~ANd~Tracking}
\newacronym{GPMC}{GPMC}{General-Purpose MC~Event~Generator}
\newacronym{GCP}{GCP}{Geometry Comparison Plot}
\newacronym{GSP}{GSP}{Gluon~Splitting}
\newacronym{GT}{GT}{Global Tag}
\newacronym{GUI}{GUI}{Graphical User Interface}
\newacronym{H1}{H1}{HERA-1}
\newacronym{HB}{HB}{HCAL~Barrel}
\newacronym{HCAL}{HCAL}{Hadronic~CALorimeter}
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\newacronym{HF}{HF}{Heavy~Flavour}
\newacronym{HLS}{HLS}{High-Level~Structure}
\newacronym{HLT}{HLT}{High-Level~Trigger}
\newacronym{HN}{HN}{Hypernews}
\newacronym{HO}{HO}{HCAL~Outer}
\newacronym{HV}{HV}{High Voltage}
\newacronym{IC-PR}{IC-PR}{Iterative~Cone~algorithm with Progressive~Removal~procedure}
\newacronym{IC-SM}{IC-SM}{Iterative~Cone~algorithm with Split~Merge~procedure}
\newacronym{IOV}{IOV}{Interval Of Validity}
\newacronym{IP}{IP}{interaction~point}
\newacronym{IRC}{IRC}{infrared and collinear safe}
\newacronym{ISOLDE}{ISOLDE}{Isotope~Separator~On~Line~DEvice}
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\newacronym{KEK}{KEK}{Koo~Energy~Ken}
\newacronym{KEKB}{KEKB}{KEK~Beauty}
\newacronym{L1}{L1}{Level~1}
\newacronym{LBL}{LBL}{Ladders/Blades level}
\newacronym{LEIR}{LEIR}{The~Low~Energy~Ion~Ring}
\newacronym{LEP}{LEP}{Large~Electron~Positron Collider}
\newacronym{LHC}{LHC}{Large~Hadron~Collider}
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\newacronym{Mark}{Mark}{(unknown origin)} % TODO
\newacronym{MB}{MB}{Minimum~Bias}
\newacronym{MC}{MC}{Monte~Carlo}
\newacronym{MD}{MD}{Machine~Development}
\newacronym{ME}{ME}{Matrix~Element}
\newacronym{MET}{MET}{Missing~Transverse~Energy}
\newacronym{MoEDAL}{MoEDAL}{Monopole~and~Exotics~Detector~At~the~LHC}
\newacronym{MMHT}{MMHT}{after the names of the four physicists \textsc{Harland-Lang}, \textsc{Martin} and \textsc{Motylinski}, \textsc{Thorne}}
\newacronym{ML}{ML}{Module Level (actually sensor level)}
\newacronym{MP}{MP}{\textsc{MillePede}}
\newacronym{MPI}{MPI}{Multi-Parton~Interaction}
\newacronym{MSTW}{MSTW}{after the names of the four physicists \textsc{Martin}, \textsc{Stirling}, \textsc{Thorne} and \textsc{Watt}}
\newacronym{MTS}{MTS}{Muon Track Split}
\newacronym{MVA}{MVA}{Multi-Variate~Analysis}
\newacronym{NaN}{\texttt{NaN}}{Not~a~Number}
\newacronym{ndf}{n.d.f.}{number~of~degrees~of~freedom}
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\newacronym{NNLO}{NNLO}{Next~to~Next~to~Leading~Order}
\newacronym{NNPDF}{NNPDF}{Neural-Network~PDF}
\newacronym{NLOJETpp}{\textsc{NLOJet++}}{NLO~Jet~in~\texttt{C++}}
\newacronym{PCL}{PCL}{Prompt-Calibration Loop}
\newacronym{PDF}{PDF}{Parton~Distribution~Function}
\newacronym[\glsshortpluralkey={p.d.f.}]{PrDF}{p.d.f.}{probability~density~function (not to be confused with \acrlong{PDF})}
\newacronym{PDG}{PDG}{Particle~Data~Group}
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\newacronym{TOB}{\texttt{TOB}}{Tracker~Outer~Barrel}
\newacronym{TOTEM}{TOTEM}{TOTal~cross~section, Elastic~scattering and diffraction~dissociation Measurement at~the~LHC}
\newacronym{TRK}{TRK}{Tracker}
\newacronym{TS}{TS}{Technical Shutdown}
\newacronym{UA1}{UA1}{Underground~Area~1, named after the location of the detector}
\newacronym{UE}{UE}{Underlying~Event}
\newacronym{WM}{WM}{Weak~Mode}
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