Definitions for: Abbreviation

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

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

See Also: apocope, form, shortening, signifier, word form

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