Definition of abbreviation

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abbreviation

noun

A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase, used to represent the whole: Dr.
The act or result of shortening or reduce, reducing.
(music) One or more dashes through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, demi-semiquavers, or hemi-demi-semiquavers.

Translations:

Dutch: verkorting^{(nl, afkorting, f, t, nl)}f
French: (t, fr, abréviation, f)
German: Abkí¼rzung^(de)f
Italian: abbreviazione^(it)
Spanish: (t, es, abreviación, f)

Etymology: Established 1400"50. From late abbreviacioun, from abréviation, from Latin, abbreviÄtiÅn, from ab "from" + brevis "short" + -ion "action".

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