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 Dictionary entry overview: What does abbreviated mean? 

• ABBREVIATED (adjective)
  The adjective ABBREVIATED has 2 senses:

1. (of clothing) very short

2. cut short in duration

  Familiarity information: ABBREVIATED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ABBREVIATED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of clothing) very short

Synonyms:

abbreviated; brief

Context example:

a brief bikini

Similar:

short ((primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cut short in duration

Synonyms:

abbreviated; shortened; truncated

Context example:

an unsatisfactory truncated conversation

Similar:

short (primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration)

 Context examples 

An abbreviated literal identifier for a parameter.

(Parameter Short Name, NCI Thesaurus)

The abbreviated leg looked as though the devil had there clutched for the Cockney’s soul and missed the shadow for the substance.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The non-unique initials or abbreviated name used for identification.

(Acronym, NCI Thesaurus)

In particular, they would like to know how the stars interact with the Galactic center's most dominant resident: the supermassive black hole known as Sagittarius A* (abbreviated Sgr A*).

(Scientists Take Viewers to the Center of the Milky Way, NASA)

Any process which reduces the steady-state level or inhibits the release of the monoamine neurotransmitter serotonin, resulting in diminished or abbreviated neurotransmission.

(Negative Regulation of Serotonin Release, NCI Thesaurus)

A written regulatory communication from FDA to an applicant, who submitted request to the agency to approve marketing or to license medical product, stating that the agency can approve the application or abbreviated application if specific additional information or material is submitted or specific conditions are met.

(FDA Approval, NCI Thesaurus)

An approvable letter does not constitute approval of any part of an application or abbreviated application and does not permit marketing of the drug that is the subject of the application or abbreviated application.

(FDA Approval, NCI Thesaurus)