pronunciation: IPA: /əˌbriːviˈeɪʃən/ əˌbriːvɪˈeɪʃn

Translations into Luxembourgish:

  • ofkierzung 

Other meanings:

 
shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase
 
act or result of shortening or reducing
 
The form to which a word or phrase is reduced by contraction and omission.
 
mathematics: reduction to lower terms
 
(music) One or more dashes through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, demi-semiquavers, or hemi-demi-semiquavers.
 
music: one or more dashes through the stem of a note
 
abridged version of a document
 
A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase, used to represent the whole: Dr.
 
(mathematics) Reduction to lower terms, as a fraction.
 
cutting out some strokes in a character
 
The act or result of shortening or reducing.

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