abbrev
abbrev — An abbreviation, especially one followed by a period.
Synopsis
abbrev ::= × ⏵
- Zero or more of:
- text
- Graphic inlines ⏵
- Indexing inlines ⏵
- Linking inlines ⏵
- Ubiquitous inlines ⏵
Attributes
Common attributes and common linking attributes.
No additional attributes.
Description
An abbreviation, especially one followed by a period.
Processing expectations
Formatted inline.
Attributes
Common attributes and common linking attributes.
- any attribute
Any attribute in any other explicit namespace
Parents
106 elements contain abbrev
. × ⏵
Children
27 elements occur in abbrev
. × ⏵
See Also
Related elements: acronym
, emphasis
, foreignphrase
, phrase
, quote
, wordasword
.
Examples
1 |<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>
|<title>Example abbrev</title>
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<para>The <abbrev>Assn.</abbrev> of Computing Machinery would probably never
5 |abbreviate “Association” like this.
|</para>
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</article>
The Assn. of Computing Machinery would probably never abbreviate “Association” like this.