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Pronunciation:  u'breevee`eytid

Matching Terms:  abbreviate, Abbreviated Test Language for Avionics Systems

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 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  (of clothing) very short; "an abbreviated swimsuit"; "a brief bikini"
  2. [adj]  cut short in duration; "the abbreviated speech"; "a curtailed visit"; "her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking"; "an unsatisfactory truncated conversation"
 
 Synonyms: brief, short, shortened, truncated
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ab*bre"vi*a`ted\, a.
Shortened; relatively short; abbreviate.
 
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