Abbreviation
1Abbreviation — Ab*bre vi*a tion, n. [LL. abbreviatio: cf. F. abbr[ e]viation.] 1. The act of shortening, or reducing. [1913 Webster] 2. The result of abbreviating; an abridgment. Tylor. [1913 Webster] 3. The form to which a word or phrase is reduced by… …
2abbreviation — abbreviation. См. отрицательная анаболия. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …
3abbreviation — index abridgment (condensation), abstract, capsule, compendium, curtailment, decrease, digest, diminu …
4Abbreviation — Abbreviation,die:⇨Abkürzung(2) …
5abbreviation — (n.) mid 15c., from M.Fr. abréviation (15c.), from L.L. abbreviationem (nom. abbreviatio), noun of action from pp. stem of abbreviare make brief, from L. ad to (see AD (Cf. ad )) + breviare shorten, from brevis short, low, little, shallow (see …
6Abbreviation — For the <abbr> HTML tag, see HTML element. For guidelines on making and editing abbreviation articles on Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Disambiguation and abbreviations. An abbreviation (from Latin brevis, meaning short) is a shortened form of a… …
7abbreviation — /euh bree vee ay sheuhn/, n. 1. a shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase, used to represent the whole, as Dr. for Doctor, U.S. for United States, lb. for pound. 2. an act of abbreviating; state or result of being abbreviated; reduction… …
8abbreviation — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ common, standard VERB + ABBREVIATION ▪ use ▪ Abbreviations are used in the text to save space. ABBREVIATION + VERB ▪ …
9Abbreviation — Als Abbreviation (lat. „abbreviatio“: Abkürzung) bezeichnet man in der Zoologie die Verkürzung der Individualentwicklung eines Individuums durch den Wegfall einzelner Entwicklungsstufen. Besonders bekannt ist in diesem Kontext die Neotenie oder… …
10abbreviation — a shortened form of a word or title. In zoological works genus group names cited in binomial names of species are often abbreviated to one or two letters for convenience, e.g. Salmo trutta may be abbreviated to S. trutta, the abbreviation always… …
