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Meanings of alphabetic in English

Portuguese
alfabeto

Relating to or expressed by a writing system that uses an alphabet.

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Examples for "alphabetical"
Examples for "alphabetical"
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He started working his way through all the names, in alphabetical order.
Shadows in the twilight
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To clarify: he topped the list because it was in alphabetical order.
The Guardian
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The handlers in attendance agreed their candidates would speak in alphabetical order.
The Irish Times
4
The candidates are meant to appear on the document in alphabetical order.
The South African
5
On the first evening they sat in alphabetical order round the table.
Amusements in Mathematics
1
Returns the ordinal value of the character in the ASCII character set.
Mysql stored procedure programming
2
A character set out from England to try his fortune in Canada.
Canada and the Canadians, Vol. 1
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The young rector's directness of character set him on the right path.
Westways: A Village Chronicle
4
Collations belong to a particular character set and cannot be used with any other.
High performance mysql, 2nd edition
5
The larger character set used in Japanese-language e-mail allows for plenty of subtle variation.
Wired
Usage of alphabetic in English
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Sponsored sites are also highlighted in the directory's alphabetic list of sites.
Wired
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So did the lever, and probably alphabetic writing, and the number system.
The Civilization of Illiteracy
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Chinese writing is not purely logographic, nor is English writing purely alphabetic.
Guns, germs, and steel: the fates of human societies
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Carefully typed alphabetic labels were affixed to the front of each drawer.
Cross My Heart, Hope to Die
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The Chinese language is by all means the counterpart of the alphabetic stock.
The Problem of China
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My first exposure to computers was via alphabetic art in the third grade.
Wired
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The Phoenicians do not seem to have invented their alphabetic signs.
Early European History
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That is to say, no college had ever supplied him an alphabetic appendage.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 / Little J...
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Consider another dimension of the alphabetic mind: it processes sounds and symbols in sequence.
A whole new mind: why right-brainers will rule the future
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Behead a dried fruit, and leave an ancient alphabetic letter.
St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, January 1878, ...
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The chief pleasure, he reported, lies in the thought-provoking juxtapositions that alphabetic arrangement creates.
The new yorker
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This is my second quibble: Why isn't it possible to scroll backward through alphabetic listings?
Wired
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Members will be called in alphabetic order to collect ballot papers from the voting table.
The South African
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Where obvious, typos have been corrected in the text and marked with an alphabetic footnote.
Secret Societies And Subversive Movements
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The elegies are all alphabetic, and like most alphabetic poems (cf.
Introduction to the Old Testament
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There were, doubtless, many steps taken in slow succession before the invention of alphabetic writing.
A Catechism of Familiar Things; / Their History, and the Events ...
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Translations for alphabetic
Alphabetic through the time