abbrev

abbrev — An abbreviation, especially one followed by a period.

Synopsis

Parents
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abbrev ::= × ⏵

Attributes

Common attributes and common linking attributes.

Description

An abbreviation, especially one followed by a period.

Processing expectations

Formatted inline.

Parents

18 elements contain abbrev. × ⏵

These elements contain abbrev: bibliomixed, bibliomset, caption (db.html.caption), citetitle, emphasis, entry, link, literallayout, para, phrase (db.phrase), programlisting, quote, subtitle, td, term, th, title, titleabbrev.

Children

6 elements occur in abbrev. × ⏵

The following elements occur in abbrev: text, inlinemediaobject, phrase (db._phrase), replaceable, subscript, superscript, trademark.

See Also

Related elements: acronym, emphasis, phrase, quote.

Examples

1 |<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>
  |<title>Example abbrev</title>
  | 
  |<para>The <abbrev>Assn.</abbrev> of Computing Machinery would probably never
5 |abbreviate “Association” like this.
  |</para>
  | 
  |</article>

The Assn. of Computing Machinery would probably never abbreviate “Association” like this.