abbreviations is a form of:

Abbreviation



noun
1.
(A shortened form) ពាក្យសរសេរកាត់, ពាក្យបំព្រួញ
Example: The accepted abbreviation for "foot" is "ft". by abbreviation ការសរសេរកាត់, ពាក្យ
Example: The abbreviation for "United states" is "U.S"
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
The act of shortening, or reducing.
2.
The result of abbreviating; an abridgment.
3.
The form to which a word or phrase is reduced by contraction and omission; a letter or letters, standing for a word or phrase of which they are a part; as, Gen. for Genesis; U.S.A. for United States of America.
4.
One dash, or more, through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, or demi-semiquavers.
1.
abridgement, contraction, reduction, shortening
1.
enlargement, expansion extension