- An
abbreviation (from
Latin brevis,
meaning "short") is a
shortened form of a word or phrase, by any method. It may
consist of a
group of
letters or words...
- and
abbreviations are used to
represent the
political divisions of the
United States for
postal addresses, data processing,
general abbreviations, and...
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Scribal abbreviations or
sigla (singular: siglum) are
abbreviations used by
ancient and
medieval scribes writing in
various languages,
including Latin...
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Postal abbreviation can
refer to:
Australian postal abbreviations Canadian subnational postal abbreviations United States postal abbreviations This disambiguation...
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Slang abbreviation is the
practice of
referring to an
offensive word,
usually by its
first letter followed by the word "word".
Abbreviated slang is often...
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Below are
abbreviations used in aviation, avionics,
aerospace and aeronautics.
Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also References...
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discussion of
these abbreviations in the
context of drug
prescriptions and
other medical prescriptions is at List of
abbreviations used in
medical prescriptions...
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Abbreviations in
music are of two kinds, namely,
abbreviations of
terms related to
musical expression, and the true
musical abbreviations by the help...
- This is an
incomplete list of
botanists by
their author abbreviation,
which is
designed for
citation with the
botanical names or
works that they have published...
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Canadian provincial and
territorial postal abbreviations are used by
Canada Post in a code
system consisting of two
capital letters, to
represent the...
