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Meaning:

Adjective:

  • biology Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.
  • rare Abbreviated; abridged; shortened.

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Noun:

  • obsolete An abridgment.

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Verb:

  • math To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
  • transitive To make shorter; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by means of contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken.

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