[计] 缩写的, 短缩的, 简写的, 简略的, 缩略的

[医] 减短的, 缩减的, 省略的

Abbreviate \Ab*bre"vi*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abbreviated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Abbreviating}.] [L. abbreviatus, p. p. of
abbreviare; ad + breviare to shorten, fr. brevis short. See
{Abridge}.]
1. To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by
contraction or omission, especially of words written or
spoken.

It is one thing to abbreviate by contracting,
another by cutting off. --Bacon.

2. (Math.) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.


Abbreviated \Ab*bre"vi*a`ted\, a.
Shortened; relatively short; abbreviate.