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Definition of Abbreviation
Abbreviation

The act of shortening, or reducing.

The result of abbreviating; an abridgment.

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.

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

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Abbreviation Translations

abbreviation in Dutch is afkorting
abbreviation in Italian is abbreviamento
abbreviation in Norwegian is forkortelse
abbreviation in Portuguese is abreviatura
abbreviation in Spanish is acortamiento, abreviatura


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