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abbreviations

/əˌbriːviˈeɪʃənz/ /əˌbriːviˈeɪʃnz/

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noun

The result of shortening or reducing; abridgment.

Examples :

"Many online chats use abbreviations like "LOL" for "laughing out loud" to save time. "

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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 +, =, @.

Examples :

"My teacher wrote many abbreviations on the board, like "Mr." for mister and "Dr." for doctor. "

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noun

The process of abbreviating.

Examples :

"The dictionary's list of common abbreviations helped me understand the shortened forms of words used in the doctor's notes. "

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A notation used in music score to denote a direction, as pp or mf.

Examples :

"The student learned that pp and mf are common abbreviations used in music to indicate volume levels, meaning very quiet and moderately loud, respectively. "

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noun

One or more dashes through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, demisemiquavers, or hemidemisemiquavers.

Examples :

"The music teacher explained the different types of abbreviations, showing how the notes were shortened with dashes to indicate quavers and semiquavers. "

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noun

Any convenient short form used as a substitution for an understood or inferred whole.

Examples :

"Many documents use abbreviations like "Mr." for "Mister" and "Dr." for "Doctor" to save space. "

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noun

Loss during evolution of the final stages of the ancestral ontogenetic pattern.

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"Due to abbreviations in its development, the salamander larva hatches with gills, skipping earlier, more aquatic, stages of its ancestor's development. "

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Reduction to lower terms, as a fraction.

Examples :

"The fractions in the math problem were simplified to their abbreviations. "