Used well, abbreviations add clarity, reducing clutter so readers can concentrate on the meaning of a text. Let's look at the basics of abbreviation.
An abbreviation, a shortening, can be a wonderful device that saves time, effort and space. If in the 1974 hit ‘Killer Queen’ Freddie Mercury had sung ‘Dynamite with a light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation beam’, it wouldn’t have got to number 2 in the UK pop charts. With that wording, it would struggle to reach even the end of the song in a timely fashion.
‘Laser’, the word actually…