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combining character

combining character noun: a character that modifies the appearance of other characters (which are called base characters).

Noun

combining character (plural combining characters)

  1. A character that modifies the appearance of other characters (which are called base characters).
    • You can display c with macron (c̄) by merging the combining character macron with the letter c.
    • Around 500 precomposed Latin letters, for instance, in the Unicode standard are superfluous, in that they can be represented using combining character sequences.2009, Ian H. Witten, David Bainbridge, David M. Nichols, How to Build a Digital Library, 2nd edition, Morgan Kaufmann, →ISBN, page 383
    Synonyms:
    combining mark

combining character meaning in Kannada

combining character in Kannada

ಸಂಯೋಜಿತ ಅಕ್ಷರ

Synonyms of combining character

Forms of combining character

pluralcombining characters

Questions about combining character

What does combining character mean?
Combining character means a character that modifies the appearance of other characters (which are called base characters).
What is combining character in Kannada?
Combining character in Kannada is ಸಂಯೋಜಿತ ಅಕ್ಷರ. See Combining character meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is combining character?
Combining character is a noun.
What is the plural of combining character?
The plural of combining character is combining characters.

Words near combining character in the dictionary

  1. combing ridges
  2. combing someone's hair the wrong way
  3. combing through
  4. combings
  5. combining
  6. combining character
  7. combining characters
  8. combining form
  9. combining forms
  10. combining mark
  11. combining marks

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