al|pha|bet|ic

al|pha|bet|ic
al|pha|bet|ic «AL fuh BEHT ihk», adjective.
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The apparent ancestor of most of the alphabetic writing is that developed for the Phoenician language (Henry A. Gleason, Jr.).


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  • al´pha|bet|iz´er — al|pha|bet|ize «AL fuh buh tyz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. 1. to arrange in the usual order of the letters of the alphabet: »Alphabetize the words in your spelling lesson. 2. to express by an alphabet. –al´pha|bet´i|za´tion, noun.… …   Useful english dictionary

  • al|pha|bet — «AL fuh beht», noun, verb. –n. 1. the letters of a language arranged in their usual order, not as they are in words. The English alphabet is a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z. 2. a set of letters or characters representing… …   Useful english dictionary

  • al´pha|bet´i|za´tion — al|pha|bet|ize «AL fuh buh tyz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. 1. to arrange in the usual order of the letters of the alphabet: »Alphabetize the words in your spelling lesson. 2. to express by an alphabet. –al´pha|bet´i|za´tion, noun.… …   Useful english dictionary

  • al|pha|bet|ize — «AL fuh buh tyz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. 1. to arrange in the usual order of the letters of the alphabet: »Alphabetize the words in your spelling lesson. 2. to express by an alphabet. –al´pha|bet´i|za´tion, noun. –al´pha|bet|iz´er, noun …   Useful english dictionary

  • al´pha|bet´i|cal|ly — al|pha|bet|i|cal «AL fuh BEHT uh kuhl», adjective. 1. arranged by letters in the order of the alphabet: »Dictionary entries are listed in alphabetical order. 2. of the alphabet. 3. using or expressed by an alphabet: »Mandarin Chinese is a… …   Useful english dictionary

  • al|pha|bet|i|cal — «AL fuh BEHT uh kuhl», adjective. 1. arranged by letters in the order of the alphabet: »Dictionary entries are listed in alphabetical order. 2. of the alphabet. 3. using or expressed by an alphabet: »Mandarin Chinese is a deliberate literary… …   Useful english dictionary

  • mon´o|al´pha|bet´i|cal|ly — mon|o|al|pha|bet|ic «MON oh AL fuh BEHT ihk», adjective. Cryptography. having to do with or using a single cipher alphabet: »the ancient cryptographic technique of monoalphabetic substitution, in which only one letter is substituted for another… …   Useful english dictionary

  • mon|o|al|pha|bet|ic — «MON oh AL fuh BEHT ihk», adjective. Cryptography. having to do with or using a single cipher alphabet: »the ancient cryptographic technique of monoalphabetic substitution, in which only one letter is substituted for another to encipher a message …   Useful english dictionary

  • pol´y|al´pha|bet´i|cal|ly — pol|y|al|pha|bet|ic «POL ee AL fuh BEHT ihk», adjective. Cryptography. having to do with or using several cipher alphabets for a single message: »a polyalphabetic cryptogram. –pol´y|al´pha|bet´i|cal|ly, adverb …   Useful english dictionary

  • pol|y|al|pha|bet|ic — «POL ee AL fuh BEHT ihk», adjective. Cryptography. having to do with or using several cipher alphabets for a single message: »a polyalphabetic cryptogram. –pol´y|al´pha|bet´i|cal|ly, adverb …   Useful english dictionary

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