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abbreviations

/əˌbriːviˈeɪʃənz/ /əˌbriːviˈeɪʃnz/

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noun

Abreviaturas

The result of shortening or reducing; abridgment.

Examples :

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

Muchos chats en línea usan abreviaturas como "LOL" para "laughing out loud" para ahorrar tiempo.

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noun

Abreviaturas

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. "

Mi profesor escribió muchas abreviaturas en la pizarra, como "Sr." para señor y "Dr." para doctor.

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noun

Abreviación

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. "

La lista de abreviaturas comunes del diccionario me ayudó a comprender las formas abreviadas de las palabras utilizadas en las notas del médico.

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Abreviaturas

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. "

El estudiante aprendió que pp y mf son abreviaturas comunes utilizadas en música para indicar los niveles de volumen, lo que significa muy suave y moderadamente fuerte, respectivamente.

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Valores de las notas

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. "

El profesor de música explicó los diferentes valores de las notas, mostrando cómo las notas se acortaban con guiones para indicar corcheas y semicorcheas.

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noun

Abreviaturas

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. "

Muchos documentos utilizan abreviaturas como "Sr." para "Señor" y "Dr." para "Doctor" para ahorrar espacio.

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noun

Abreviaturas

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

Examples :

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

Debido a las abreviaturas en su desarrollo, la larva de salamandra eclosiona con branquias, omitiendo las etapas anteriores, más acuáticas, del desarrollo de su ancestro.

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Reducción

Reduction to lower terms, as a fraction.

Examples :

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

Las fracciones en el problema de matemáticas se simplificaron a sus reducciones.