Which preposition to use with abbreviations

of Occurrences 45%

The Shih which often precedes it is an abbreviation of the name of Buddha as Sâkyamuni, "the Sâkya, mighty in Love, dwelling in Seclusion and Silence," and may be taken as equivalent to Buddhist.

for Occurrences 14%

The word protoplasm must not be misunderstood to mean a substance of a definite chemical nature, or of an invariable morphological structure; it is applied to any part of a cell which shows the properties of life, and is therefore only a convenient abbreviation for the phrase "mass of living matter.

in Occurrences 3%

[Footnote 3: The abbreviation in parentheses after titles will be used in the Suggested Readings in place of the full title.]

by Occurrences 2%

He was really fond of me, and in my own interest wanted me to go through college with honors, but this was to me of trivial importance, compared with the abbreviation by a year of the captivity of college life.

on Occurrences 2%

To find the ground distance by the third kind of scale, copy it on the edge of a slip of paper, apply the slip directly to the map, and read off the distance; and so we answer the question, "How far?" After direction and distance comes the interpretation of the signs, symbols, and abbreviations on the map.

as Occurrences 1%

Inis, a little man; osis, a little father, &c. Adjectives would come under the same rules of abbreviation as nouns and verbs.

at Occurrences 1%

(This time he has really finished, but with so artful an abbreviation at the point where her interest has been most roused that the Queen would fain have him go on.

Which preposition to use with  abbreviations