Definition of abbreviation

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Abbreviation (n.) One dash, or more, through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, or demi-semiquavers..

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''sblood :: 'Sblood (interj.) An abbreviation of God's blood; -- used as an oath.
Abbreviation :: Abbreviation (n.) The form to which a word or phrase is reduced by contraction and omission; a letter or letters, standing for a word or phrase of which they are a part; as, Gen. for Genesis; U.S.A. for United States of America..
Hyp :: Hyp (n.) An abbreviation of hypochonaria; -- usually in plural.
Yank :: Yank (n.) An abbreviation of Yankee.
Stenophyllous :: Stenography (n.) The art of writing in shorthand, by using abbreviations or characters for whole words; shorthand..
Ipecac :: Ipecac (n.) An abbreviation of Ipecacuanha, and in more frequent use..
Cong :: Cong (n.) An abbreviation of Congius.
Aid :: Aid (v. t.) An aid-de-camp, so called by abbreviation; as, a general's aid..
Breviature :: Breviature (n.) An abbreviature; an abbreviation.
''neath :: 'Neath (prep. & adv.) An abbreviation of Beneath.
Sforzato :: Sforzato (a.) Forcing or forced; -- a direction placed over a note, to signify that it must be executed with peculiar emphasis and force; -- marked fz (an abbreviation of forzando), sf, sfz, or /..
Do. :: Do. (n.) An abbreviation of Ditto.
Blue :: Blue (superl.) Literary; -- applied to women; -- an abbreviation of bluestocking.
Shorthand :: Shorthand (n.) A compendious and rapid method or writing by substituting characters, abbreviations, or symbols, for letters, words, etc.; short writing; stenography. See Illust. under Phonography..
Symbol :: Symbol (n.) Any character used to represent a quantity, an operation, a relation, or an abbreviation..
C. G. S. :: C. G. S. () An abbreviation for Centimeter, Gram, Second. -- applied to a system of units much employed in physical science, based upon the centimeter as the unit of length, the gram as the unit of weight or mass, and the second as the unit of time..
Abridgment :: Abridgment (n.) An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation..
I. E. :: I. e. () Abbreviation of Latin id est, that is..
Ideogram :: Ideogram (n.) A symbol used for convenience, or for abbreviation; as, 1, 2, 3, +, -, /, $, /, etc..
Symbol :: Symbol (n.) An abbreviation standing for the name of an element and consisting of the initial letter of the Latin or New Latin name, or sometimes of the initial letter with a following one; as, C for carbon, Na for sodium (Natrium), Fe for iron (Ferrum), Sn for tin (Stannum), Sb for antimony (Stibium), etc. See the list of names and symbols under Element..
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