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• Abbreviation, Methods of — • Discusses forms used to get the most use from scarce and costly materials Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Abbreviation — For the <abbr> HTML tag, see HTML element. For guidelines on making and editing abbreviation articles on Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Disambiguation and abbreviations. An abbreviation (from Latin brevis, meaning short) is a shortened form of a… …   Wikipedia

• abbreviation — /euh bree vee ay sheuhn/, n. 1. a shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase, used to represent the whole, as Dr. for Doctor, U.S. for United States, lb. for pound. 2. an act of abbreviating; state or result of being abbreviated; reduction… …   Universalium

• abbreviation — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ common, standard VERB + ABBREVIATION ▪ use ▪ Abbreviations are used in the text to save space. ABBREVIATION + VERB ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• abbreviation — a shortened form of a word or title. In zoological works genus group names cited in binomial names of species are often abbreviated to one or two letters for convenience, e.g. Salmo trutta may be abbreviated to S. trutta, the abbreviation always… …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• abbreviation — noun Date: 15th century 1. the act or result of abbreviating ; abridgment 2. a shortened form of a written word or phrase used in place of the whole < amt is an abbreviation for amount > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• abbreviation — /əbriviˈeɪʃən/ (say uhbreevee ayshuhn) noun 1. a shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase, used as a symbol for the whole. 2. reduction in length; abridgement. 3. Music any of several signs or symbols used to abbreviate musical notation,… …  

• abbreviation — noun /əˌbriːviˈeɪʃən/ a) A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase, used to represent the whole: Dr. b) The act or result of shortening or reducing …   Wiktionary

• abbreviation — ab•bre•vi•a•tion [[t]əˌbri viˈeɪ ʃən[/t]] n. 1) a shortened form of a word or phrase used to represent the whole, as Dr. for Doctor, U.S. for United States, NW for Northwest, ab. for about, ft. for foot, or lb. for pound[/ex] 2) an act or result… …   From formal English to slang

• Scribal abbreviation — Sigla redirects here. For the village in Poland, see Sigła. Text sample from an early 15th century Bible manuscript. Scribal abbreviations (sigla [plural], siglum and sigil [singular]) are the abbreviations used by ancient and mediæval scribes… …   Wikipedia

• List of British words not widely used in the United States — Differences between American and British English American English …   Wikipedia