Alphabetical
[ælfə'betɪk(ə)l] or [,ælfə'bɛtɪkl]
Definition
(a.) Pertaining to, furnished with, expressed by, or in the order of, the letters of the alphabet; as, alphabetic characters, writing, languages, arrangement.
(a.) Literal.
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Examples
- Inventions-- Alphabetical Writing; Arabic Notation; The Mariner's Compass; The Telescope; The Steam Engine. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- There have been several attempts to simplify the Chinese writing and to adopt an alphabetical system. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- About every fifteenth address plate in a drawer was equipped with a vertical, subdividing tab--numerical, alphabetical or geographical as the case might require. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Among the great _inventions_ of the past are alphabetical writing, Arabic notation, the mariner's compass, the telescope, the printing-press, and the steam-engine. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- We name our fondlings in alphabetical order. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- They began by printing a new manual of grammar, an Absies, or alphabetical table, and the Doctrinale. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- After he had left me, I placed all my words, with their interpretations, in alphabetical order. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
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