Definition of Abbriviation
Ab*bre`vi*a"tion (&?;), n. [LL.
abbreviatio: cf. F. abbréviation.] 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The act of shortening, or reducing.
- The result of abbreviating; an abridgment. - w:Tylor
- 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.
- (music) One dash, or more, through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, demi-semiquavers, or hemi-demi-semiquavers. - w:Moore
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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