Abbreviation

Abbreviation
Abbreviation Ab*bre`vi*a"tion, n. [LL. abbreviatio: cf. F. abbr['e]viation.] 1. The act of shortening, or reducing. [1913 Webster]

2. The result of abbreviating; an abridgment. --Tylor. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

4. (Mus.) One dash, or more, through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, or demi-semiquavers. --Moore. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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