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Abbreviation

Abbreviation Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Abbreviation? [n] shortening something by omitting parts of it [n] a shortened form of a word or phrase Synonyms \| Synonyms for Abbreviation: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Abbreviation: abbreviature \| abrege \| abridgment \| abstract \| apocope \| aposiopesis \| astriction \| astringency \| blue-penciling \| bottleneck \| bowdlerization \| brief \| cancellation \| capsule \| censoring \| censorship \| cervix \| circumscription \| clipping \| coarctation \| compactedness \| compaction \| compend \| compression \| compressure \| concentration \| condensation \| condensed version \| consolidation \| conspectus \| constriction \| constringency \| contraction \| contracture \| crasis \| curtailment \| cutting \| decrease \| deletion \| digest \| diminuendo \| draft \| editing \| elision \| ellipsis \| epitome \| erasure \| expurgation \| foreshortening \| head \| hourglass \| hourglass figure \| isthmus \| knitting \| narrow place \| narrowing \| neck \| omission \| outline \| overview \| pandect \| precis \| pruning \| puckering \| pursing \| recap \| recapitulation \| reduction \| retrenchment \| review \| rubric \| shortened version \| shortening \| skeleton \| sketch \| solidification \| stranglement \| strangulation \| striction \| stricture \| striking \| summary \| summation \| survey \| syllabus \| syncope \| syneresis \| synopsis \| systole \| telescoping \| thumbnail sketch \| topical outline \| truncation \| wasp waist \| wrinkling See Also \| apocope \| form \| shortening \| signifier \| word form Abbreviation In Webster's Dictionary \Abbre`via"tion\, n. [LL. abbreviatio: cf. F. abbr['e]viation.] 1. The act of shortening, or reducing. 2. The result of abbreviating; an abridgment. --Tylor. 3. The form to which a word or phrase is reduced by contraction and omission; a letter or letters, standing for a word or phrase of which they are a part; as, Gen. for Genesis; U.S.A. for United States of America. 4. (Mus.) One dash, or more, through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, or demi-semiquavers. --Moore.

Abbreviation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Abbreviation?

[n] shortening something by omitting parts of it
[n] a shortened form of a word or phrase

Synonyms | Synonyms for Abbreviation:

Abbreviation In Webster's Dictionary

\Ab*bre`vi*a"tion\, n. [LL. abbreviatio: cf. F.
abbr['e]viation.]
1. The act of shortening, or reducing.

2. The result of abbreviating; an abridgment. --Tylor.

3. The form to which a word or phrase is reduced by
   contraction and omission; a letter or letters, standing
   for a word or phrase of which they are a part; as, Gen.
   for Genesis; U.S.A. for United States of America.

4. (Mus.) One dash, or more, through the stem of a note,
   dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, or
   demi-semiquavers. --Moore.

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