Why is symbol considered short form of an element?

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A symbol is considered a short form of an element as the names of elements are abbreviated by using certain symbols.
Thus symbols represent the one atom of an element and an element can be easily determined by the help of symbols.
For example, O represents oxygen similarly N represents nitrogen. Thus with the help of symbols, a chemical equation can be easily made.

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