Sentence examples for mere abbreviations from inspiring English sources
(Whitehead and Russell's own observations make it plain that their definitions are more than mere "typographical conveniences".[3]) The idea that definitions are mere abbreviations is not at all plausible for the second kind of definition, to which let us now turn.
The following stipulation is not a legitimate definition: But if it is viewed as a mere abbreviation, there is nothing illegitimate about it.
In a heterogeneous definition, however, the definiens can easily be complex; for example, If the language has a device for abstraction e.g., for forming sets we could give a different sort of heterogenous definition of \(G\): Observe that a heterogenous definition such as (4) is not a mere abbreviation.
A simple abbreviation of Oprah?
It is sometimes said that definitions are mere recipes for abbreviations.
Some stipulative definitions are nothing but mere devices of abbreviation (e.g., the definitions governing the omission of parentheses in formulas; see Church 1956, §11).
Abbreviations: Grn, Granularity.
(This company loves capitalized abbreviations).
Txt abbreviations such as "captlzd".
