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e-literature

e-literature noun: literature published in electronic form, possibly incorporating hypertext and multimedia.

Noun

e-literature (uncountable)

  1. Literature published in electronic form, possibly incorporating hypertext and multimedia.
    • […]working to incorporate today's realities into today's e-literature.1994, Educom Review, volume 29
    • Online libraries, literature, and e-literature can enrich the reading/writing experience for students even as the computer is improving access to instructional frameworks.2004, James A. Inman, Computers and writing: the cyborg era, page 145

Origin of e-literature

From e- + literature.

Questions about e-literature

What does e-literature mean?
E-literature means literature published in electronic form, possibly incorporating hypertext and multimedia.
What part of speech is e-literature?
E-literature is a noun.

Words near e-literature in the dictionary

  1. e-list
  2. e-lists
  3. e-literacies
  4. e-literacy
  5. e-literate
  6. e-literature
  7. e-lotteries
  8. e-lottery
  9. e-magazine
  10. e-magazines
  11. e-mail

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