An abbreviation (from Latin brevis, meaning "short") is a shortened form of a word or phrase, by any method including shortening, contraction, initialism...

and abbreviations are used to represent the political divisions of the United States for postal addresses, data processing, general abbreviations, and...

Postal abbreviation can refer to: Australian postal abbreviations Canadian subnational postal abbreviations United States postal abbreviations This disambiguation...

Scribal abbreviations, or sigla (singular: siglum), are abbreviations used by ancient and medieval scribes writing in various languages, including Latin...

Abbreviations in music are of two kinds, namely, abbreviations of terms related to musical expression, and the true musical abbreviations by the help...

Slang abbreviation is the practice of referring to an offensive word, usually by its first letter followed by the word "word". Abbreviated slang is often...

Lists of abbreviations contain abbreviations and acronyms in different languages and fields. They include Latin and English abbreviations and acronyms...

Canadian provincial and territorial postal abbreviations are used by Canada Post in a code system consisting of two capital letters, to represent the...

Look up abbreviation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An abbreviation is a shortened form of a word or a phrase. Abbreviation may also refer to: Abbreviation...

This is an incomplete list of botanists by their author abbreviation, which is designed for citation with the botanical names or works that they have published...