orthography
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1. a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | writing, |
| definition | : | letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | script, |
| definition | : | a particular orthography or writing system (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | spelling, |
| definition | : | forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | picture writing, |
| definition | : | a writing system using pictographs (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | boustrophedon, |
| definition | : | an ancient writing system: having alternate lines written in opposite directions; literally `as the ox ploughs' (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | ideography, |
| definition | : | the use of ideograms in writing (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | hieroglyph, hieroglyphic, |
| definition | : | a writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | point system, |
| definition | : | a system of writing or printing using patterns of raised dots that can be read by touch (noun.communication) |
| instance hyponym | : | linear a, |
| definition | : | an undeciphered writing system used in Crete in the 17th century B.C. (noun.communication) |
| part holonym | : | hyphenation, word division, |
| definition | : | division of a word especially at the end of a line on a page (noun.act) |
| part holonym | : | punctuation, punctuation mark, |
| definition | : | the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases (noun.communication) |
| member holonym | : | punctuation, |
| definition | : | the use of certain marks to clarify meaning of written material by grouping words grammatically into sentences and clauses and phrases (noun.act) |
| member holonym | : | hyphenation, |
| definition | : | connecting syllables and words by hyphens (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | orthographic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or expressed in orthography (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | orthographic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or expressed in orthography (adj.pert) |
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