Definition of letter

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Letter (n.) A mark or character used as the representative of a sound, or of an articulation of the human organs of speech; a first element of written language..

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Literal :: Literal (a.) Following the letter or exact words; not free.
Into :: Into (prep.) Expressing penetration beyond the outside or surface, or access to the inside, or contents; as, to look into a letter or book; to look into an apartment..
Logogram :: Logogram (n.) A word letter; a phonogram, that, for the sake of brevity, represents a word; as, |, i. e., t, for it. Cf. Grammalogue..
Writing :: Writing (n.) The act or art of forming letters and characters on paper, wood, stone, or other material, for the purpose of recording the ideas which characters and words express, or of communicating them to others by visible signs..
News-letter :: News-letter (n.) A circular letter, written or printed for the purpose of disseminating news. This was the name given to the earliest English newspapers..
Dispatch :: Dispatch (v. t.) To send off or away; -- particularly applied to sending off messengers, messages, letters, etc., on special business, and implying haste..
Pastoral :: Pastoral (a.) Relating to the care of souls, or to the pastor of a church; as, pastoral duties; a pastoral letter..
Lettering :: Lettering (n.) The letters made; as, the lettering of a sign..
Digamma :: Digamma (n.) A letter (/, /) of the Greek alphabet, which early fell into disuse..
Subscript :: Subscript (a.) Written below or underneath; as, iota subscript. (See under Iota.) Specifically (Math.), said of marks, figures, or letters (suffixes), written below and usually to the right of other letters to distinguish them; as, a, n, 2, in the symbols Xa, An, Y2. See Suffix, n., 2, and Subindex..
D :: D () The fourth letter of the English alphabet, and a vocal consonant. The English letter is from Latin, which is from Greek, which took it from Ph/nician, the probable ultimate origin being Egyptian. It is related most nearly to t and th; as, Eng. deep, G. tief; Eng. daughter, G. tochter, Gr. qyga`thr, Skr. duhitr. See Guide to Pronunciation, Ã178, 179, 229..
Circular :: Circular (a.) Addressed to a circle, or to a number of persons having a common interest; circulated, or intended for circulation; as, a circular letter..
Palatial :: Palatial (n.) A palatal letter.
Communication :: Communication (n.) Intercourse by words, letters, or messages; interchange of thoughts or opinions, by conference or other means; conference; correspondence..
Apocope :: Apocope (n.) The cutting off, or omission, of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word..
Ideogram :: Ideogram (n.) A phonetic symbol; a letter.
Leopardwood :: Leopardwood (n.) See Letterwood.
R :: R () R, the eighteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant. It is sometimes called a semivowel, and a liquid. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 178, 179, and 250-254..
Alpha :: Alpha (n.) The first letter in the Greek alphabet, answering to A, and hence used to denote the beginning..
Superscript :: Superscribe (v. t.) To write or engrave (a name, address, inscription, or the like) on the top or surface; to write a name, address, or the like, on the outside or cover of (anything); as, to superscribe a letter..
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