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It should normally be "bis" and "ter". The Latin for "once, twice, thrice, four times, five times" is "semel, bis, ter, quater, quinquies". ("Bis" and "ter" ar
by schoen 5y ago
It should normally be "bis" and "ter".
The Latin for "once, twice, thrice, four times, five times" is "semel, bis, ter, quater, quinquies". ("Bis" and "ter" are the only really short ones.)
It's moderately common in European standards and bureaucracy to use "bis" and "ter" for "version/revision 2" and "version/revision 3", respectively. For example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ITU-T_V-series_recommendations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ITU-T_V-series_recomme...
- lvh 5y agoHuh, good point; I wonder if my mind mixed up the org chem with the numbers (likely) or if that's some kind of unique Belgian affectation.