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Alphabetic

//ˌæl.fəˈbɛt.ɪk// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to an alphabet, especially the characters A to Z, both uppercase and lowercase.

    "Seycong or his linguistic consultants could use as a model the alphabetic or abugidic scripts of India and Inner Asia […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    arranged in order according to the alphabet wordnet
  2. 2
    relating to or expressed by a writing system that uses an alphabet wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    An alphabetic character; a letter of the alphabet.

    "Upper case alphabetics can be composed of two characters: (1) a shift character; and (2) the desired alphabetic character."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Partly from French alphabétique and partly from its etymon Latin alphabēticus. By surface analysis, alphabet + -ic.

Etymology 2

Partly from French alphabétique and partly from its etymon Latin alphabēticus. By surface analysis, alphabet + -ic.

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