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Definition of Alphabetic

1. Adjective. Relating to or expressed by a writing system that uses an alphabet. "Alphabetical writing system"

2. Adjective. Arranged in order according to the alphabet. "Dictionaries list words in alphabetical order"

Definition of Alphabetic

1. a. Pertaining to, furnished with, expressed by, or in the order of, the letters of the alphabet; as, alphabetic characters, writing, languages, arrangement.

Definition of Alphabetic

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

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Alphabetic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alphabetic

alpha substance alpha taxonomy alpha test alpha testing alpha units alpha version alpha viruses alpha wave alpha waves alphabet

alphabet soup alphabetarian alphabetarians alphabeted alphabetic (current term) alphabetic character alphabetic script alphabetic writing alphabetical alphabetical order

alphabetical orders alphabeticalism alphabetically alphabetick alphabetics alphabetiform alphabeting alphabetisation alphabetisations

Literary usage of Alphabetic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Methodist Review (1897)
"alphabetic WRITING. THE origin of writing, or the use of characters and signs of various kinds to record events and to convey ideas to others, ..."

2. The Practical Study of Languages: A Guide for Teachers and Learners by Henry Sweet (1906)
"But this, of course, has nothing to do with the fundamental question whether the universal alphabet of the future is to be on an alphabetic or an ..."

3. Indexing and Filing: A Manual of Standard Practice by Eugene Russell Hudders (1916)
"With the development of the alphabetic and numeric filing systems, ... When analyzed, the advantages of direct filing obtained under the alphabetic ..."

4. Advanced Course of Composition and Rhetoric: A Series of Practial Lessons on by George Payn Quackenbos (1874)
"alphabetic 'WRITING. § 11. Derivation.—The word alphabet is derived from atya, ... What Is said of the inventors of alphabetic writing ? ..."

5. Elements of Rhetoric and Literary Criticism: With Copious Practical by James Robert Boyd (1858)
"OF alphabetic WRITING. Q. What is the simplest and most effectual means of ... A. It is called alphabetic writing, and, next to reason and speech, ..."

6. Lectures on the Sacred Poetry of the Hebrews by Robert Lowth (1829)
"The alphabetic poems of the Old Testament are the following : Psalms xxv. ... The alphabetic arrangement appears seldom to have been applied to original ..."

7. The Alphabet: An Account of the Origin and Development of Letters by ISAAC. TAYLOR (1883)
"I. alphabetic and non-alphabetic Writing. \ 2. ... I. alphabetic AND NON-alphabetic WRITING. To us nothing seems more natural or more easy than to express ..."

8. A New Manual of Method by Alfred Hezekiah Garlick (1896)
"The salient points are noticed and followed with a criticism in each case. The best known of the methods are the following :— 1. The alphabetic Method. ..."

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