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Definition of alphabet
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Alphabet
(n.) The
simplest
rudiments;
elements.
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W
::
W () the
twenty-third
letter
of the
English
alphabet,
is
usually
a
consonant,
but
sometimes
it is a
vowel,
forming
the
second
element
of
certain
diphthongs,
as in few, how. It takes its
written
form and its name from the
repetition
of a V, this being the
original
form of the Roman
capital
letter
which we call U.
Etymologically
it is most
related
to v and u. See V, and U. Some of the
uneducated
classes
in
England,
especially
in
London,
confuse
w and v,
substituting
the one for the
other,
as weal
Dictionary
::
Dictionary
(n.)
Hence,
a book
containing
the words
belonging
to any
system
or
province
of
knowledge,
arranged
alphabetically;
as, a
dictionary
of
medicine
or of
botany;
a
biographical
dictionary..
Dictionary
::
Dictionary
(n.) A book
containing
the words of a
language,
arranged
alphabetically,
with
explanations
of their
meanings;
a
lexicon;
a
vocabulary;
a
wordbook..
Letterer
::
Letterer
(n.) One who
makes,
inscribes,
or
engraves,
alphabetical
letters..
Digamma
::
Digamma
(n.) A
letter
(/, /) of the Greek
alphabet,
which early fell into
disuse..
Theta
::
Theta (n.) A
letter
of the Greek
alphabet
corresponding
to th in
English;
--
sometimes
called
the
unlucky
letter,
from being used by the
judges
on their
ballots
in
passing
condemnation
on a
prisoner,
it being the first
letter
of the Greek
qa`natos,
death..
Encyclopaedia
::
Encyclopaedia
(n.) The
circle
of arts and
sciences;
a
comprehensive
summary
of
knowledge,
or of a
branch
of
knowledge;
esp., a work in which the
various
branches
of
science
or art are
discussed
separately,
and
usually
in
alphabetical
order;
a
cyclopedia..
Acrostic
::
Acrostic
(n.) A
Hebrew
poem in which the lines or
stanzas
begin with the
letters
of the
alphabet
in
regular
order (as Psalm
cxix.).
See
Abecedarian.
N
::
N () the
fourteenth
letter
of
English
alphabet,
is a vocal
consonent,
and, in
allusion
to its mode of
formation,
is
called
the
dentinasal
or
linguanasal
consonent.
Its
commoner
sound is that heard in ran, done; but when
immediately
followed
in the same word by the sound of g hard or k (as in
single,
sink,
conquer),
it
usually
represents
the same sound as the
digraph
ng in sing,
bring,
etc. This is a
simple
but
related
sound,
and is
called
the
gutturo-nasal
consonent.
See Guide to
Pronunciation,
U
::
U () the
twenty-first
letter
of the
English
alphabet,
is a
cursive
form of the
letter
V, with which it was
formerly
used
interchangeably,
both
letters
being then used both as
vowels
and
consonants.
U and V are now,
however,
differentiated,
U being used only as a vowel or
semivowel,
and V only as a
consonant.
The true
primary
vowel sound of U, in
Anglo-Saxon,
was the sound which it still
retains
in most of the
languages
of
Europe,
that of long oo, as in tool, and short oo, as in wood,
answering
t
Alpha
::
Alpha (n.) The first
letter
in the Greek
alphabet,
answering
to A, and hence used to
denote
the
beginning..
Syllabist
::
Syllabism
(n.) The
expressing
of the
sounds
of a
language
by
syllables,
rather
than by an
alphabet
or by signs for
words..
A B C
::
A B C () A
primer
for
teaching
the
alphabet
and first
elements
of
reading.
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
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..
One-hand
::
One-hand
(a.)
Employing
one hand; as, the
one-hand
alphabet.
See
Dactylology..
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..
C
::
C () C is the third
letter
of the
English
alphabet.
It is from the Latin
letter
C, which in old Latin
represented
the
sounds
of k, and g (in go); its
original
value being the
latter.
In
Anglo-Saxon
words,
or Old
English
before
the
Norman
Conquest,
it
always
has the sound of k. The Latin C was the same
letter
as the Greek /, /, and came from the Greek
alphabet.
The
Greeks
got it from the
Ph/nicians.
The
English
name of C is from the Latin name ce, and was
derived,
probably,
through
the
French.
Et
O
::
O () O, the
fifteenth
letter
of the
English
alphabet,
derives
its form,
value,
and name from the Greek O,
through
the
Latin.
The
letter
came into the Greek from the
Ph/nician,
which
possibly
derived
it
ultimately
from the
Egyptian.
Etymologically,
the
letter
o is most
closely
related
to a, e, and u; as in E. bone, AS. ban; E.
stone,
AS. stan; E.
broke,
AS.
brecan
to
break;
E. bore, AS. beran to bear; E. dove, AS. d/fe; E. toft, tuft; tone, tune;
number,
F.
nombre..
Abecedarian
::
Abecedarian
(n.) One who is
learning
the
alphabet;
hence,
a
tyro..
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