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Is use of "etc" in a sentences correct grammatically?

As shown in Fig. 5, the experimental results curve (Fig. 5(a) and (c)) lies below the numerical points because mechanical losses such as the bearing, gears and etc are included in experimental results while these losses cannot be consider in numerical results.

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    "and etc." is redundant, because the abbreviation etc. stands for the Latin et cetera, which means "and so forth." This means that "and etc." means, literally, "and and so forth", which is obviously nonsensical. The author here is announcing that he or she has no idea what "etc." means!
    – P. E. Dant Reinstate Monica
    Oct 31, 2016 at 7:05

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The use of

etc

is usually restricted from anything technical since "etc" implies and assumes and can be ambiguous which is usually not good practice in technical writing.

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