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Uh academically? No idea. But you probably already know it's an abbreviation for the Latin phrase "et alii" meaning "and others".
"and the rest"
latin, short for et (and) alles.
Ceasar's "et tu brute" = "and you, Brutus?"
Remember "All Gaul is quartered into three halves!"
It's used to cite a reference in which there were several authors, instead of listing all of them, you just list the first one followed by "et al". The rest of the citation gives the reader enough information to seek out the same source for further reading.
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