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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Abbreviation \Ab*bre`vi*a"tion\, n. [LL. abbreviatio: cf F. abbr['e]viation.] 1. The act of shortening, or reducing. 2. The result of abbreviating; an abridgment. --Tylor. 3. 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. 4. (Mus.) One dash, or more through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, or demi-semiquavers. --Moore. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: abbreviation n 1: a shortened form of a word or phrase 2: shortening something by omitting parts of it
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