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Symbol :: Symbol (n.) Any character used to represent a quantity, an operation, a relation, or an abbreviation..

Symbol :: Symbol (n.) An abbreviation standing for the name of an element and consisting of the initial letter of the Latin or New Latin name, or sometimes of the initial letter with a following one; as, C for carbon, Na for sodium (Natrium), Fe for iron (Ferrum), Sn for tin (Stannum), Sb for antimony (Stibium), etc. See the list of names and symbols under Element..

Shorthand :: Shorthand (n.) A compendious and rapid method or writing by substituting characters, abbreviations, or symbols, for letters, words, etc.; short writing; stenography. See Illust. under Phonography..

Kilo :: Kilo (n.) An abbreviation of Kilogram.

''twixt :: 'Twixt () An abbreviation of Betwixt, used in poetry, or in colloquial language..

''neath :: 'Neath (prep. & adv.) An abbreviation of Beneath.

Abridgment :: Abridgment (n.) An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation..

Signature :: Signature (v. t.) That part of a prescription which contains the directions to the patient. It is usually prefaced by S or Sig. (an abbreviation for the Latin signa, imperative of signare to sign or mark)..

Yank :: Yank (n.) An abbreviation of Yankee.

Breviature :: Breviature (n.) An abbreviature; an abbreviation.

Middy :: Middy (n.) A colloquial abbreviation of midshipman.

Non Pros. :: Non pros. () An abbreviation of Non prosequitur.

Ideogram :: Ideogram (n.) A symbol used for convenience, or for abbreviation; as, 1, 2, 3, +, -, /, $, /, etc..

Muck :: Muck () abbreviation of Amuck.

Hyp :: Hyp (n.) An abbreviation of hypochonaria; -- usually in plural.

Sis :: Sis (n.) A colloquial abbreviation of Sister.

C. G. S. :: C. G. S. () An abbreviation for Centimeter, Gram, Second. -- applied to a system of units much employed in physical science, based upon the centimeter as the unit of length, the gram as the unit of weight or mass, and the second as the unit of time..

Mr. :: Mr. () The customary abbreviation of Mister in writing and printing. See Master, 4..

Blue :: Blue (superl.) Literary; -- applied to women; -- an abbreviation of bluestocking.

Penny :: Penny (n.) An English coin, formerly of copper, now of bronze, the twelfth part of an English shilling in account value, and equal to four farthings, or about two cents; -- usually indicated by the abbreviation d. (the initial of denarius)..

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