abbreviations

noun

1. 1.The result of shortening or reducing; abridgment.
2. 2.A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase, used to represent the whole, utilizing omission of letters, and sometimes substitution of letters, or duplication of initial letters to signify plurality, including signs such as +, =, @.
3. 3.The process of abbreviating.
4. 4.A notation used in music score to denote a direction, as pp or mf.
5. 5.One or more dashes through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, demisemiquavers, or hemidemisemiquavers.