Unabbreviation
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The act of unabbreviating. uncommon, uncountable
"The alternative, of course, is unabbreviation. Quite apart from the extra labour of typing and printing involved, one’s whole experience of sol-fa (if any) brings home that as signs for distinguishing common sound-relationships single letters are the most efficient mnemonic system, besides being clearer to the eye, even in a single diversion like Point One."
- 2 The result of unabbreviating. countable, uncommon
"All legitimate unabbreviations of a given abbreviation are congruent, and hence by Lemma 15b equivalent. Thus it is immaterial in considering questions of deducibility and provability which legitimate unabbreviation is used."
Example
More examples"The alternative, of course, is unabbreviation. Quite apart from the extra labour of typing and printing involved, one’s whole experience of sol-fa (if any) brings home that as signs for distinguishing common sound-relationships single letters are the most efficient mnemonic system, besides being clearer to the eye, even in a single diversion like Point One."
Etymology
From un- + abbreviation.
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