. The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world ... Xlisc, VI. ). abbreviation (a-bre-vi-ashon), n. [= F. abre-eialioii, < LL. aljbreviatio(n-),<.abbreriarc: seeabbreviate, r.] 1. The act of abbreviating,shortening, or contracting ; the state of beingabbreviated; abridgment. This book, as graver authors say, was called LiberDonius Dei, and, by abbreviation, Domesday Book. Sir W. Temple, Introd. to Hist, of Eng. 2. A shortened or contracted form; a partused for the whole. Specifically, a part of a w
. The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world ... Xlisc, VI. ). abbreviation (a-bre-vi-ashon), n. [= F. abre-eialioii, < LL. aljbreviatio(n-),<.abbreriarc: seeabbreviate, r.] 1. The act of abbreviating,shortening, or contracting ; the state of beingabbreviated; abridgment. This book, as graver authors say, was called LiberDonius Dei, and, by abbreviation, Domesday Book. Sir W. Temple, Introd. to Hist, of Eng. 2. A shortened or contracted form; a partused for the whole. Specifically, a part of a word,phrase, or title so used : a syllable, generally the hiitialsyllable, used for the whole word; a letter, or a series ofletters, standing for a word or words : as, Esq. for esquire;A. D. for Anno Domini ; F. R. S. tov Fellow of ttie RoyalSociety. 3. In math., a reduction of fractions to the low-est terms.—4. In music, a method of notationby means of which certain repeated notes,chords, or passages are indicated without be-ing written out in full. There are various formsof abbreviation, the most common of which are hereshown:. Written.
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