Elisp construct

Question

What is this construct in elisp ?

'( ("approx" "approximately")  ("appt" "appointment")
     ("apt" "apartment")         ("dept" "department")
     ("est" "established")       ("misc" "miscellaneous")
     ("no" "number")             ("tel" "telephone")
     ("temp" "temperature")      ("vs" "versus") )

Answer 1

This is a list. In emacs-lisp, lists can be created using '(...). Here is more information about them.