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/əˌbɹiː.viˈeɪ.ʃən/ /əˌbɹi.viˈeɪ.ʃn̩/

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Abreviatura

The result of shortening or reducing; abridgment.

Examples :

""Mr. Smith always uses the abbreviation 'etc.' instead of writing out 'et cetera'." "

El Sr. Smith siempre usa la abreviatura 'etc.' en lugar de escribir 'et cetera'.

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Abreviatura

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 :

"The abbreviation "Mr." is used before a man's surname. "

La abreviatura "Sr." se usa antes del apellido de un hombre.

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Abreviación

The process of abbreviating.

Examples :

"The abbreviation of "National Aeronautics and Space Administration" is "NASA". "

La abreviación de "National Aeronautics and Space Administration" es "NASA".

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Abreviatura, indicación

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

Examples :

"The music score showed an abbreviation for "piano," using "pp" to indicate a very soft volume. "

La partitura musical mostraba una abreviatura para "piano", usando "pp" para indicar un volumen muy suave.

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Una o más rayas a través del tallo de una nota, dividiéndola respectivamente en corcheas, semicorcheas, fusa o semifusa.

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

Examples :

"The music teacher explained that the abbreviation on the sheet music indicated the notes should be played as very fast, short eighth notes. "

El profesor de música explicó que la abreviatura en la partitura indicaba que las notas debían tocarse como corcheas muy rápidas y cortas.

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Abreviatura

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

Examples :

""Using 'Dr.' is a common abbreviation for 'Doctor'." "

Usar 'Dr.' es una abreviatura común de 'Doctor'.

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Acortamiento

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

Examples :

"The abbreviation of tadpole development in some frog species, where they hatch as miniature frogs without going through a complete aquatic larval stage, allows them to thrive in drier environments. "

El acortamiento del desarrollo del renacuajo en algunas especies de ranas, donde eclosionan como ranas en miniatura sin pasar por una etapa larvaria acuática completa, les permite prosperar en entornos más secos.

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Reducción

Reduction to lower terms, as a fraction.

Examples :

"The abbreviation of the fraction 4/8 is 1/2. "

La reducción de la fracción 4/8 es 1/2.