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Abbreviation
Pronunciation : Ab*bre`vi*a"tion
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [LL. abbreviatio: cf. F. abbr?viation.]
Definition : 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.)
Defn: One dash, or more, through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, or demi-semiquavers. Moore.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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