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Definition of abbreviations:

(n) : (linguistics) A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase used to represent the whole, using omission of letters, and sometimes substitution of letters, or duplication of initial letters to signify plurality, including signs such as +, =, @.
(n) : The result of shortening or reducing; abridgment.
(n) : The process of abbreviating.
(n) : Any convenient short form used as a substitution for an understood or inferred whole.
(n) : (music) A notation used in music score to denote a direction, as pp or mf.
(n) : (music) One or more dashes through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, demisemiquavers, or hemidemisemiquavers.

Definition of abbreviations:

(n) : (linguistics) A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase used to represent the whole, using omission of letters, and sometimes substitution of letters, or duplication of initial letters to signify plurality, including signs such as +, =, @.
(n) : The result of shortening or reducing; abridgment.
(n) : The process of abbreviating.
(n) : Any convenient short form used as a substitution for an understood or inferred whole.
(n) : (music) A notation used in music score to denote a direction, as pp or mf.
(n) : (music) One or more dashes through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, demisemiquavers, or hemidemisemiquavers.

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