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abbreviation
  1. The result of shortening or reducing; abridgment. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
  2. (linguistics) A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase, used to represent the whole, utilizing omission of letters, and sometimes substitution of letters, or duplication of initial letters to signify plurality, including signs such as +, =, @. [Late 16th century.]
  3. The process of abbreviating. [Mid 16th century.]
  4. (music) A notation used in music score to denote a direction, as pp or mf.
  5. (music) One or more dashes through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, demisemiquavers, or hemidemisemiquavers.
  6. Any convenient short form used as a substitution for an understood or inferred whole.
  7. (biology) Loss during evolution of the final stages of the ancestral ontogenetic pattern.
  8. (mathematics) Reduction to lower terms, as a fraction.
  9. Synonyms:
      10. initialism, contraction, elision, acronym, diminutive, symbol, short form, shortened form, shortening, syneresis, crasis, condensation, initial, abridgment, abridgement, clipping, pet form, nomen deminutivum, pet name, digest, synopsis, abstract, summary, outline, epitome, reduction, conspectus, compendium, résumé, précis, truncation, sketch, syllabus, precis, cutting, curtailment, compression, cropping, pruning, abstraction, bowdlerization, shrinking, abbreviature, telescoping … more
  10. Examples:
      11. “That's a particularly dour abbreviation - Normal Operating Procedure - but I don't claim to have invented that one.”
      “Nevertheless, abbreviation pays off in having everything fit into a tight volume.”
      “If searching for a forename below try the abbreviation first, and if not successful use the full forename.”
abbreviature
  1. An abridgment; a compendium; an abstract. [since the late 16th century]
  2. (obsolete) An abbreviated state or form. [only during the early to mid 17th century]
  3. A shortened form of a word or phrase, used in place of the whole; an abbreviation. [since the mid 17th century]
  4. (obsolete) The process of abbreviating. [only during the early to late 17th century]
  5. Synonyms:
      6. abbreviation, digest, synopsis, abstract, summary, abridgment, abridgement, condensation, outline, epitome, reduction, conspectus, compendium, shortening, résumé, précis, contraction, truncation, sketch, syllabus, precis, clipping, cutting, curtailment, compression, cropping, pruning, abstraction, bowdlerization, shrinking, telescoping, ellipsis, trimming, constricting, cutting down, cutting short, paring down, brief, summarization, rundown, encapsulation, breviary, recapitulation, essence, recap, summation, wrap-up, run-through, extract, inventory … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “He keeps close at hand the Dizionario di abbreviature latine ed italiane, an alphabetized list of abbreviations frequently used by medieval scribes.”
abbreviator
  1. Agent noun of abbreviate; one who abbreviates or shortens. [Early 16th century.]
  2. (historical, Roman Catholicism) One of a college of seventy-two officers of the papal court whose duty is to make a short minute of a decision on a petition, or reply of the pope to a letter, and afterwards expand the minute into official form. [Mid 16th century.]
  3. Examples:
      4. “Some of the chapters, of which the Greek is lost, have been preserved to us by his abbreviator Moschion.”
      “The abbreviator himself, however, is dated to the end of the seventh.”
abbreviationitis
  1. (humorous) The excessive use of abbreviations.
abbreviate
  1. (obsolete) An abridgment. [Mid 16th century.]
abbreviater
  1. Archaic spelling of abbreviator.
abbrevn
  1. Abbreviation of abbreviation.
abbreviations
  1. plural of abbreviation
  2. Synonyms:
      3. initialisms, contractions, elisions, acronyms, diminutives, symbols, short forms, initials, crases, synereses, abridgments, clipping, abridgements, shortening, pet names, nomina deminutiva, digests, synopses, abstracts, summaries, condensation, outlines, epitomes, reduction, conspectuses, compendiums, truncation, sketches, syllabi, precis, cutting, curtailments, compressions, croppings, pruning, abstraction, bowdlerization, shrinkings, abbreviature, telescopings, ellipses, trimmings, briefs, summarization, encapsulation … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “There are a few abbreviations, things like SMTP and HTTP and such, that are specifically excepted from this rule.”
      “The abbreviations for chlorophyll fluorescence parameters and their derivation are as described previously.”
      “Third, an 11 page section of endnotes is included to explain abbreviations or items in the text that require further clarification.”
abbreviatures
  1. plural of abbreviature
  2. Synonyms:
      3. abbreviations, digests, synopses, abstracts, summaries, abridgments, abridgements, condensations, outlines, epitomai, reductions, conspectuses, compendia, shortenings, contractions, truncations, sketches, syllabuses, precis, clippings, cuttings, curtailments, compressions, croppings, prunings, abstractions, bowdlerizations, shrinkings, telescopings, ellipses, trimmings, summarizations, briefs, rundowns, recapitulations, encapsulations, inventories, roundups, recaps, resumes, capsules, summae, breviaries, reviews, surveys, sums, wrap-ups, pandects, run-throughs, sum-ups … more
abbreviaters
  1. plural of abbreviater
abbreviators
  1. plural of abbreviator
abbrevns
  1. plural of abbrevn
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