abbreviation
n. சுருக்குதல், குறுக்கவடிவம், சுருக்கக்குறியீடு.
Synonyms
Antonyms
elongation
prolongation
extension
production
amplification
enlargement
expansion
dilation
expatiation
explication
dilution
Ab*bre`vi*a"tion, n. Etym: [LL. abbreviatio: cf. F. abbréviation.] 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.