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Noun:

  • A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase, used to represent the whole: ''Dr''.
  • math Reduction to lower terms, as a fraction.
  • music One or more dashes through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, demi-semiquavers, or hemi-demi-semiquavers.
  • The act or result of shortening or reducing.

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