0 a short form of a word or phrase -- 缩略，缩写；简称
"ITV" is the abbreviation for "Independent Television". ITV是Independent Television（独立电视台）的缩写。
There is a list of abbreviations near the beginning of the book.
What does the abbreviation WHO stand for?
Please use the abbreviation 'cm' for 'centimetres', without any full stop after it.
Sorry - could you explain what some of these abbreviations mean in your letter?
We generally use the abbreviation 'MP' instead of writing out 'Member of Parliament' in full.
At this point it will be convenient to introduce some abbreviations to save space in diagrams.
See table 1 for abbreviations of names of populations.
The language extends simple arithmetic (with addition, subtraction, multiplication and division) by adding user-definable constants (abbreviations) and user-definable unary functions.
