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Definition of alphabet
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Alphabet
(n.) The
letters
of a
language
arranged
in the
customary
order;
the
series
of
letters
or signs which form the
elements
of
written
language.
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Alphabet
::
Alphabet
(n.) The
simplest
rudiments;
elements.
Two-hand
::
Two-hand
(a.)
Employing
two
hands;
as, the
two-hand
alphabet.
See
Dactylology..
A
::
A () The first
letter
of the
English
and of many other
alphabets.
The
capital
A of the
alphabets
of
Middle
and
Western
Europe,
as also the small
letter
(a),
besides
the forms in
Italic,
black
letter,
etc., are all
descended
from the old Latin A, which was
borrowed
from the Greek
Alpha,
of the same form; and this was made from the first
letter
(/) of the
Phoenician
alphabet,
the
equivalent
of the
Hebrew
Aleph,
and
itself
from the
Egyptian
origin.
The Aleph was a
consonant
letter,
with a
guttural
Concordance
::
Concordance
(n.) An
alphabetical
verbal
index
showing
the
places
in the text of a book where each
principal
word may be
found,
with its
immediate
context
in each
place..
B
::
B () is the
second
letter
of the
English
alphabet.
(See Guide to
Pronunciation,
// 196, 220.) It is
etymologically
related
to p, v, f, w and m ,
letters
representing
sounds
having
a close
organic
affinity
to its own
sound;
as in Eng.
bursar
and
purser;
Eng. bear and Lat.
ferre;
Eng.
silver
and Ger.
silber;
Lat.
cubitum
and It.
gomito;
Eng.
seven,
Anglo-Saxon
seofon,
Ger.
sieben,
Lat.
septem,
Gr.epta`,
Sanskrit
saptan.
The form of
letter
B is
Roman,
from Greek B
(Beta),
of
Semitic
origin.
The sma
Metagraphy
::
Metagraphy
(n.) The art or act of
rendering
the
letters
of the
alphabet
of one
language
into the
possible
equivalents
of
another;
transliteration.
Cyclopaedia
::
Cyclopaedia
(n.) The
circle
or
compass
of the arts and
sciences
(originally,
of the seven
so-called
liberal
arts and
sciences);
circle
of human
knowledge.
Hence,
a work
containing,
in
alphabetical
order,
information
in all
departments
of
knowledge,
or on a
particular
department
or
branch;
as, a
cyclopedia
of the
physical
sciences,
or of
mechanics.
See
Encyclopedia..
Alphabetic
::
Alphabetic
(a.) Alt. of
Alphabetica.
Alphabet
::
Alphabet
(n.) The
letters
of a
language
arranged
in the
customary
order;
the
series
of
letters
or signs which form the
elements
of
written
language.
Chirology
::
Chirology
(n.) The art or
practice
of using the
manual
alphabet
or of
communicating
thoughts
by sings made by the hands and
fingers;
a
substitute
for
spoken
or
written
language
in
intercourse
with the deaf and dumb. See
Dactylalogy.
S
::
S () the
nineteenth
letter
of the
English
alphabet,
is a
consonant,
and is often
called
a
sibilant,
in
allusion
to its
hissing
sound.
It has two
principal
sounds;
one a mere
hissing,
as in sack, this; the other a vocal
hissing
(the same as that of z), as in is, wise.
Besides
these it
sometimes
has the
sounds
of sh and zh, as in sure,
measure.
It
generally
has its
hissing
sound at the
beginning
of
words,
but in the
middle
and at the end of words its sound is
determined
by
usage.
In a few words it
L
::
L () L is the
twelfth
letter
of the
English
alphabet,
and a vocal
consonant.
It is
usually
called
a
semivowel
or
liquid.
Its form and value are from the
Greek,
through
the
Latin,
the form of the Greek
letter
being from the
Phoenician,
and the
ultimate
origin
prob.
Egyptian.
Etymologically,
it is most
closely
related
to r and u; as in
pilgrim,
peregrine,
couch (fr.
collocare),
aubura
(fr. LL.
alburnus)..
Do
::
Do (n.) A
syllable
attached
to the first tone of the major
diatonic
scale for the
purpose
of
solmization,
or
solfeggio.
It is the first of the seven
syllables
used by the
Italians
as manes of
musical
tones,
and
replaced,
for the sake of
euphony,
the
syllable
Ut,
applied
to the note C. In
England
and
America
the same
syllables
are used by mane as a scale
pattern,
while the tones in
respect
to
absolute
pitch are named from the first seven
letters
of the
alphabet..
Digamma
::
Digamma
(n.) A
letter
(/, /) of the Greek
alphabet,
which early fell into
disuse..
Cipher
::
Cipher
(n.) A
private
alphabet,
system
of
characters,
or other mode of
writing,
contrived
for the safe
transmission
of
secrets;
also, a
writing
in such
characters..
Alphabetize
::
Alphabetize
(v. t.) To
furnish
with an
alphabet.
X
::
X () X, the
twenty-fourth
letter
of the
English
alphabet,
has three
sounds;
a
compound
nonvocal
sound (that of ks), as in wax; a
compound
vocal sound (that of gz), as in
example;
and, at the
beginning
of a word, a
simple
vocal sound (that of z), as in
xanthic.
See Guide to
Pronunciation,
// 217, 270, 271..
I
::
I () I, the ninth
letter
of the
English
alphabet,
takes its form from the
Phoenician,
through
the Latin and the
Greek.
The
Phoenician
letter
was
probably
of
Egyptian
origin.
Its
original
value was
nearly
the same as that of the
Italian
I, or long e as in mete.
Etymologically
I is most
closely
related
to e, y, j, g; as in dint, dent,
beverage,
L.
bibere;
E. kin, AS. cynn; E. thin, AS.
/ynne;
E.
dominion,
donjon,
dungeon..
Lexicon
::
Lexicon
(n.) A
vocabulary,
or book
containing
an
alphabetical
arrangement
of the words in a
language
or of a
considerable
number
of them, with the
definition
of each; a
dictionary;
especially,
a
dictionary
of the
Greek,
Hebrew,
or Latin
language..
Abecedarian
::
Abecedarian
(n.) One who is
learning
the
alphabet;
hence,
a
tyro..
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