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shortening something by omitting parts of it

shortening something by omitting parts of it

The act of shortening, or reducing.

The result of abbreviating; an abridgment.

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.

One dash, or more, through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, or demi-semiquavers.

The act of shortening, or reducing.

The result of abbreviating; an abridgment.

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.

One dash, or more, through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, or demi-semiquavers.

Shortened forms of written words or phrases used for brevity.

The shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase.

A shortening: a part of a word put for the whole.

Shortening; contraction.

The act of shortening; a letter, or a few letters used for a word, as Lat. for Latin, A.D. for Anno Domini. The reduction of fractions to their lowest terms. One dash or more through the stem of a note, distinguishing it as a quaver, semiquaver, or demisemiquaver.

The act of shortening; a part of a word used for the whole.

n. The act of abbreviating ; – the form to which a word or phrase is reduced by contraction or omission, as Gen. for Genesis; –one dash, or more, through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, or demi-semiquavers.

the act of shortening .