Abbreviation

An Abbreviation is a Contracted Terminal Content Word that ...

• AKA: Abbreviated Word.
• Context:
  • It can be produced by an Abbreviation Generation Process that follows an Abbreviation Rule.
  • It can be common place in the Biomedical Domain (Biomedical Abbreviation).
• Example(s):
  • “ltd.” ← “limited”
  • “vs.” ← “versus”
  • “etc.” ← “et cetera”
  • “Dr.” ← “Doctor”
  • “JNK” ← “c-jun N-terminal kinase”, a Biomedical Abbreviation.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • Acronyms:
    • “I.B.M.” ← “International Business Machines”.
    • “UNICEF” ← “United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund”.
    • “USA” ← “United States of America”.
    • lol” ← “laugh out loud”.
• See: Acronym.

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References

2009

• (WordNet, 2009) ⇒ http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=abbreviation
  • S: (n) abbreviation (a shortened form of a word or phrase)
  • S: (n) abbreviation (shortening something by omitting parts of it)

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