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Acrophony - Wikipedia
the naming of letters of an alphabetic writing system so that a letter's name begins with the letter itself.
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ACROPHONIC Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
1. having to do with acrophony 2. instituted or used on the basis of acrophony acrophonically ¦a-krə-¦fä-nə-k(ə-)lē adverb
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ACROPHONY Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
Acrophony definition: the use of what was originally a logogram as a phonetic symbol for the initial sound of the word the logogram ...
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acrophonic
acrophonic, a. (ækrəʊˈfɒnɪk) [f. acrophony + -ic.] Pertaining to acrophony.1909 in Cent. Dict. Suppl. 1932 Times Lit. Suppl. 7 Jan. 13/1 The Hittite pictographic script which he thought was acrophonic. 1959 A. G. Woodhead Gr. Inscriptions 18 The Greek names for the letters of the alphabet are acroph...
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ACROPHONY Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of ACROPHONY is the application in the evolution of an alphabet of a pictorial symbol or hieroglyph for the name of an object to the initial ...
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acrophonic - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Conforming to acrophony. Derived terms. edit · acrophonically.
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Greek number systems - MacTutor - University of St Andrews
The first Greek number system we examine is their acrophonic system which was use in the first millennium BC. 'Acrophonic' means that the symbols for the ...
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ACROPHONIC definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
acrophony in American English ... 1. ... 2. the use of a word as the name of the alphabetical symbol representing the initial sound of that word. Also: acrology.
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Attic numerals - Wikipedia
They were also known as Herodianic numerals because they were first described in a 2nd-century manuscript by Herodian; or as acrophonic numerals (from acrophony) ...
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acrophonic, adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective acrophonic. See 'Meaning & use' for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
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Alphabetum
Sidetic)
Avestan
Brahmi
Celtiberian
Coptic (Bohairic)
Cypriot
Old Cyrillic
Old English
Middle English
Glagolitic
Gothic
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek acrophonic
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pictograph
pictograph (ˈpɪktəgrɑːf, -æ-) [mod. f. L. pict-us painted + -graph.] a. A pictorial symbol or sign; a writing or record consisting of pictorial symbols (the most primitive form of records). Also attrib.1851 Schoolcraft Ind. Tribes I. 416 Plate 60 Pictograph A. Chippewa Petition to the President of t...
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Stigma (ligature)
Stigma was co-opted as a name specifically for the στ sign, evidently because of the acrophonic value of its initial st- as well as the analogy with the
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Ancient Greek Numbers (Unicode block)
Ancient Greek Numbers is a Unicode block containing acrophonic numerals used in ancient Greece, including ligatures and special symbols.
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History of the alphabet
Since the start of the name of a letter was expected to be the sound of the letter (the acrophonic principle), in Greek these letters came to be used for (The names of the Santali letters are related to the sound they represent through the acrophonic principle, as in the original alphabet, but it is the
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