short-form

or short·form

[ shawrt-fawrm ]

adjective
  1. noting or relating to journalistic content or a genre of journalism characterized by short articles.

  2. noting or relating to other types of print or visual media characterized by content that is short in length: short-form video clips.

noun
  1. journalistic or other media content so characterized.

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How to use short-form in a sentence

  • Treat all numbers in collected groups alike if possible, that is use either the long or the short form for all.

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