name
Meaning 1
Postal abbreviation for Oxfordshire.
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Oxon
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name
Meaning 2
University of Oxford, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.
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Examples
- The Crown Proceedings Act, 1947. By J. R. Bickford Smith, b.a. (Oxon), of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law
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Synonyms: Oxf
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noun
Meaning 3
Any organic compound derived from another in which a phosphorus-sulfur bond in the parent has been replaced by a phosphorus-oxygen bond in the derivative.
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Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
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History
Etymology
From Latin Oxonia (“Oxfordshire”).
From Latin Universitas Oxoniensis (“University of Oxford”).