ALPHABET

Alphabet

An alphabet is a standard set of letters which is used to write one or more languages based on the general principle that the letters represent phonemes of the spoken language. This is in contrast to other types of writing systems, such as syllabaries and logographies .

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alphabet

Noun

  1. The set of letters used when writing in a language.
    The Greek alphabet has only twenty-four letters.
    In the first year of school, pupils are taught to recite the alphabet.
  2. A writing system in which letters represent phonemes.
    1. A true alphabet, a writing system in which there are letters for the consonant and vowel phonemes.
  3. A typically finite set of distinguishable symbols.
    Let <math>L</math> be a regular language over the alphabet <math>\Sigma</math>.
  4. An individual letter of an alphabet; an alphabetic character.
  5. The simplest rudiments; elements.

Verb

  1. To designate by the letters of the alphabet; to arrange alphabetically.


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