Definition of letter

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Letter (n.) A writing; an inscription.

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Aitch :: Aitch (n.) The letter h or H.
Do :: Do (n.) A syllable attached to the first tone of the major diatonic scale for the purpose of solmization, or solfeggio. It is the first of the seven syllables used by the Italians as manes of musical tones, and replaced, for the sake of euphony, the syllable Ut, applied to the note C. In England and America the same syllables are used by mane as a scale pattern, while the tones in respect to absolute pitch are named from the first seven letters of the alphabet..
Lettern :: Lettern (n.) See Lecturn.
Postfix :: Postfix (v. t.) To annex; specifically (Gram.), to add or annex, as a letter, syllable, or word, to the end of another or principal word; to suffix..
Subindicate :: Subindex (n.) A number or mark placed opposite the lower part of a letter or symbol to distinguish the symbol; thus, a0, b1, c2, xn, have 0, 1, 2, and n as subindices..
Formula :: Formula (n.) A symbolic expression (by means of letters, figures, etc.) of the constituents or constitution of a compound..
Literalism :: Literalism (n.) That which accords with the letter; a mode of interpreting literally; adherence to the letter.
Morse Alphabet :: Morse alphabet () A telegraphic alphabet in very general use, inventing by Samuel F.B.Morse, the inventor of Morse's telegraph. The letters are represented by dots and dashes impressed or printed on paper, as, .- (A), - . . . (B), -.. (D), . (E), .. (O), . . . (R), -- (T), etc., or by sounds, flashes of light, etc., with greater or less intervals between them..
Cipher :: Cipher (n.) A character in general, as a figure or letter..
Writing :: Writing (n.) The act or art of forming letters and characters on paper, wood, stone, or other material, for the purpose of recording the ideas which characters and words express, or of communicating them to others by visible signs..
Lipogram :: Lipogram (n.) A writing composed of words not having a certain letter or letters; -- as in the Odyssey of Tryphiodorus there was no A in the first book, no B in the second, and so on..
Correspondence :: Correspondence (n.) The letters which pass between correspondents.
Circulatory :: Circulatory (a.) Circular; as, a circulatory letter..
Roman :: Roman (a.) Expressed in letters, not in figures, as I., IV., i., iv., etc.; -- said of numerals, as distinguished from the Arabic numerals, 1, 4, etc..
Quiescent :: Quiescent (n.) A silent letter.
Ideogram :: Ideogram (n.) A phonetic symbol; a letter.
K :: K () the eleventh letter of the English alphabet, is nonvocal consonant. The form and sound of the letter K are from the Latin, which used the letter but little except in the early period of the language. It came into the Latin from the Greek, which received it from a Phoenician source, the ultimate origin probably being Egyptian. Etymologically K is most nearly related to c, g, h (which see)..
Spell :: Spell (v. i.) To form words with letters, esp. with the proper letters, either orally or in writing..
Apostrophize :: Apostrophize (p. pr. & vb. n.) To contract by omitting a letter or letters; also, to mark with an apostrophe (') or apostrophes..
Letter :: Letter (n.) Verbal expression; literal statement or meaning; exact signification or requirement.
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