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Definition of Alphabetic character
1. Noun. The conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech. "His grandmother taught him his letters"
Group relationships: Spelling
Group relationships: Alphabet
Generic synonyms: Character, Grapheme, Graphic Symbol
Specialized synonyms: Ascender, Descender, Digram, Digraph, Initial, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, Double-u, W, Ex, X, Wye, Y, Ezed, Izzard, Z, Zed, Zee, Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Zeta, Eta, Theta, Iota, Kappa, Lambda, Mu, Nu, Xi, Omicron, Pi, Rho, Sigma, Tau, Upsilon, Phi, Chi, Khi, Psi, Omega, Aleph, Beth, Gimel, Daleth, He, Waw, Zayin, Heth, Teth, Yodh, Kaph, Lamedh, Mem, Nun, Samekh, Ayin, Pe, Sadhe, Qoph, Resh, Sin, Shin, Taw, Polyphone, Polyphonic Letter, Block Capital, Block Letter, Vowel, Consonant
Derivative terms: Letter, Letter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alphabetic Character
Literary usage of Alphabetic character
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of the Right Reverend William Warburton, D.D., Lord Bishop of by William Warburton, Richard Hurd (1811)
"... when it ceased to be so, they would as naturally invent another alphabetic
character for their sacred use: which from that appropriation was called ..."
2. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bombay by Asiatic Society of Bombay (1853)
"The alphabetic character in this part of the world is Indian. This ‘ arose
naturally from the intellectual ..."
3. SAS(R) 9.1.3 Language Reference:: Dictionary, Fifth Edition, Volumes 1-4 by SAS Institute (2006)
"... function searches a character string for a non-alphabetic character. ...
for an alphabetic character. Examples The following example uses the ..."
4. Report of a Tour in Eastern Rajputana in 1871-72 and 1872-73 by A. C. L. Carlleyle (1878)
"I may say, generally, that the style of this alphabetic character appears to
display a sort of link between the oldest form of the Gupta character, ..."
5. The One Primeval Language Traced Experimentally Through Ancient Inscriptions by Charles Forster (1852)
"For the strictly alphabetic character of the Sinaitic inscriptions being universally
admitted, it was only common sense to conclude that Egyptian cha- B 3 ..."
6. The One Primeval Language Traced Experimentally Through Ancient Inscriptions by Charles Forster (1852)
"For the strictly alphabetic character of the Sinaitic inscriptions being universally
admitted, it was only common sense to conclude that Egyptian cha- B 3 ..."
7. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Chambers, W. and R., publ (1876)
"This, with vocalised breath, is the formation of the element represented in
English, for lack of an alphabetic character, by the digraph ng. ..."
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