- An
abbreviation (from
Latin brevis,
meaning "short") is a
shortened form of a word or phrase, by any
method including shortening, contraction, initialism...
- and
abbreviations are used to
represent the
political divisions of the
United States for
postal addresses, data processing,
general abbreviations, and...
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discussion of
these abbreviations in the
context of drug
prescriptions and
other medical prescriptions is at List of
abbreviations used in
medical prescriptions...
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Postal abbreviation can
refer to:
Australian postal abbreviations Canadian subnational postal abbreviations United States postal abbreviations This disambiguation...
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Lists of
abbreviations contain abbreviations and
acronyms in
different languages and fields. They
include Latin and
English abbreviations and acronyms...
- into two parts—often
treated as
separate works—the
Abbreviationes Chronicorum (Latin for "
Abbreviations of Chronicles") from the
birth of
Jesus to the 1140s...
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Slang abbreviation is the
practice of
referring to an
offensive word,
usually by its
first letter followed by the word "word".
Abbreviated slang is often...
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Scribal abbreviations, or
sigla (singular: siglum), are
abbreviations used by
ancient and
medieval scribes writing in
various languages,
including Latin...
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Knitting abbreviations are
often used for
brevity in
describing knitting patterns. Each
knitting pattern typically provides its own
abbreviations or refers...
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Abbreviations (Hebrew: ראשי תיבות) are a
common part of the
Hebrew language, with many organizations, places,
people and
concepts known by
their abbreviations...
