Definition for AB-BRE'-VI-A'TION

AB-BRE'-VI-A'TION, n.

  1. The act of shortening or contracting.
  2. A letter or a few letters used for a word; as Gen. for Genesis; U. S. A. for United States of America.
  3. The reduction of fractions to the lowest terms.

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