In early times, abbreviations may have been common due to the effort involved in writing (many inscriptions were … See more

In modern English, there are multiple conventions for abbreviation, and there is controversy as to which should be used. One generally accepted rule is to be consistent in a body of work. To this end, publishers … See more

Writers often use shorthand to denote units of measure. Such shorthand can be an abbreviation, such as "in" for "inch" or can be a symbol such as "km" for "kilometre".
In the International System of Units (SI) manual th… See more

A syllabic abbreviation is usually formed from the initial syllables of several words, such as Interpol = International + police. It is a variant of the acronym. Syllabic abbreviations are usually written using lower case, … See more

• Abbreviation (music) – abbreviation in musical notation
• Blend word – Word consisting of two words put together
• Clipping (morphology) – Reduction of a word to one of its parts… See more

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