- 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 as a
critical apparatus by
ancient and
medieval scribes writing in
various languages...
- for such
abbreviations: in
particular it is a
matter of some
dispute whether the term
acronym can be
legitimately applied to
abbreviations which are...
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Lists of
abbreviations contain abbreviations and
acronyms in
different languages and fields. They
include Latin and
English abbreviations and acronyms...
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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...
- An
abbreviation is a
shortened form of a word or a phrase. It may also
refer to:
Abbreviation (music) <abbr/>, an HTML
element Abbreviations.com, an online...
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Postal abbreviation can
refer to:
Australian postal abbreviations Canadian subnational postal abbreviations United States postal abbreviations This disambiguation...
- for the
abbreviation of
title words and
titles of publications) is an
international standard which defines a
uniform system for the
abbreviation of serial...
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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...
