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Abbreviation - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Abbreviation : (noun)
1: a shortened form of a word or phrase
2: shortening something by omitting parts of it
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Abbreviation : \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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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ABBREVIATION, practice. The omission of some words or letters in writing;
as when fieri facias is written fi. fa.
2. In writing contracts it is the better practice to make no
abbreviations; but in recognizances, and many other contracts, they are
used; as John Doe tent to prosecute, &c. Richard Roe tent to appear, &c.
when the recognizances are used, they are drawn out in extenso. See 4 Ca. &
P. 61; S.C.19E.C.L.R.268; 9 Co.48.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Abbreviation |
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natebramble: @warlick because both use GB as Abbreviation it causes confusion. They are actually both the same amount of storage |
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MileyCNichols: @TheGreatCommish what is the bogus Abbreviation they use for Connecticut? CN? |
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BrainBlayn: Why is the word Abbreviation so long? http://budurl.com/8h5qz |
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