- An
abbreviation (from
Latin brevis,
meaning "short") is a
shortened form of a word or phrase, by any
method including shortening, contraction, initialism...
-
often use
abbreviations to clue
individual letters or
short fragments of the
overall solution.
These include: Any
conventional abbreviations found in a...
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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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Lists of
abbreviations contain abbreviations and
acronyms in
different languages and fields. They
include Latin and
English abbreviations and acronyms...
- This is a list of
common Latin abbreviations.
Nearly all the
abbreviations below have been
adopted by
Modern English. However, with some
exceptions (for...
- The oil and gas
industry uses many
acronyms and
abbreviations. This list is
meant for
indicative purposes only and
should not be
relied upon for anything...
- 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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Scribal abbreviations, or
sigla (singular: siglum), are
abbreviations used by
ancient and
medieval scribes writing in
various languages,
including Latin...
-
Morse code
abbreviations are used to
speed up
Morse communications by
foreshortening textual words and phrases.
Morse abbreviations are
short forms, representing...
- statistics. In
order to
report that
information efficiently,
numerous abbreviations have
grown to be
common in the sport.
Starting in 1948 by Bert Nelson...
