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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation International Association of Universities
- abbreviation International Astronomical Union
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- initialism International Astronomical Union, an association of professional
astronomers , founded in 1919.
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Examples
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Pluto's advocates were not asleep -- we were blindsided by a tiny minority of the iAU that violated the group's own bylaws and conducted a vote on the last day of the two week conference on a resolution that had not first been vetted by the proper committee, as IAU rules require.
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Sure, my first thought was "um ... ok", but after reading what the guidelines really were, and what the IAU is doing about it all, I'm quite excited.
August 24th, 2006 archmage 2006
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I am all for it to call Pluto not a planet, although the classification scheme of the IAU is a little bit weird.
New Hubble Images Show Pluto is Changing | Universe Today 2010
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"The main point for the IAU is the interest this brings to astronomy," said Lars Lindberg Christensen, spokesman for the organization.
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The IAU has been the arbiter of planetary and satellite nomenclature since its inception in 1919.
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The IAU has been the arbiter of planetary and satellite nomenclature since its inception in 1919.
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Founded in 1919, the IAU is the world's largest professional body for astronomers.
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The IAU is the international astronomical organisation that brings together almost 10 000 distinguished astronomers from all nations of the world.
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BlackRock Inc.'s iShares Gold Trust trading symbol IAU has boosted its physical gold holdings by 36.9% in the six months since undercutting its competitors' management fees.
BlackRock's Gold ETF, With Its Lower Fees, Gains on SPDR Tatyana Shumsky 2011
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Dwarf planets are big enough to be made round by their gravity's weight, according to the controversial 2006 IAU decision, but not big enough to sweep their orbits clear of other objects.
Dwarf planets Pluto, Eris battle for a spot in a vast universe 2011
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