Definition of letter

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Letter (v. t.) To impress with letters; to mark with letters or words; as, a book gilt and lettered..

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Triliteral :: Triliteral (a.) Consisting of three letters; trigrammic; as, a triliteral root or word..
Literation :: Literation (n.) The act or process of representing by letters.
Symbol :: Symbol (n.) An abbreviation standing for the name of an element and consisting of the initial letter of the Latin or New Latin name, or sometimes of the initial letter with a following one; as, C for carbon, Na for sodium (Natrium), Fe for iron (Ferrum), Sn for tin (Stannum), Sb for antimony (Stibium), etc. See the list of names and symbols under Element..
Termination :: Termination (n.) The ending of a word; a final syllable or letter; the part added to a stem in inflection.
Frank :: Frank (a.) The privilege of sending letters or other mail matter, free of postage, or without charge; also, the sign, mark, or signature denoting that a letter or other mail matter is to free of postage..
Graphical :: Graphical (a.) Written or engraved; formed of letters or lines.
Algebra :: Algebra (n.) That branch of mathematics which treats of the relations and properties of quantity by means of letters and other symbols. It is applicable to those relations that are true of every kind of magnitude.
Address :: Address (v. t.) Direction or superscription of a letter, or the name, title, and place of residence of the person addressed..
Mute :: Mute (n.) A letter which represents no sound; a silent letter; also, a close articulation; an element of speech formed by a position of the mouth organs which stops the passage of the breath; as, p, b, d, k, t..
Correspondence :: Correspondence (n.) The letters which pass between correspondents.
Epistle :: Epistle (n.) A writing directed or sent to a person or persons; a written communication; a letter; -- applied usually to formal, didactic, or elegant letters..
J :: "J () J is the tenth letter of the English alphabet. It is a later variant form of the Roman letter I, used to express a consonantal sound, that is, originally, the sound of English y in yet. The forms J and I have, until a recent time, been classed together, and they have been used interchangeably..
Literal :: Literal (a.) Following the letter or exact words; not free.
H :: H () the eighth letter of the English alphabet, is classed among the consonants, and is formed with the mouth organs in the same position as that of the succeeding vowel. It is used with certain consonants to form digraphs representing sounds which are not found in the alphabet, as sh, th, /, as in shall, thing, /ine (for zh see /274); also, to modify the sounds of some other letters, as when placed after c and p, with the former of which it represents a compound sound like that of tsh, as in ch
Lettrure :: Lettrure (n.) See Letterure.
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
Lambda :: Lambda (n.) The name of the Greek letter /, /, corresponding with the English letter L, l..
Epithesis :: Epithesis (n.) The addition of a letter at the end of a word, without changing its sense; as, numb for num, whilst for whiles..
Cipher :: Cipher (n.) A character in general, as a figure or letter..
Cross :: Cross (v. t.) To lay or draw something, as a line, across; as, to cross the letter t..
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