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ideographic description sequence

ideographic description sequence noun: a sequence which describes the visual composition of a Chinese character; comprised of a ideographic description character that gives a layout (e.g. ⿰, ⿸) or transformation (e.g. ⿿), followed by one or more components which that character operates on, which may be encoded characters or other sequences in the same format.

Noun

ideographic description sequence (plural ideographic description sequences)

  1. (Unicode) A sequence which describes the visual composition of a Chinese character; comprised of a ideographic description character that gives a layout (e.g. ⿰, ⿸) or transformation (e.g. ⿿), followed by one or more components which that character operates on, which may be encoded characters or other sequences in the same format.

Forms of ideographic description sequence

pluralideographic description sequences

Origin of ideographic description sequence

From ideographic + description + sequence.

Questions about ideographic description sequence

What does ideographic description sequence mean?
Ideographic description sequence means a sequence which describes the visual composition of a Chinese character; comprised of a ideographic description character that gives a layout (e.g. ⿰, ⿸) or transformation (e.g. ⿿), followed by one or more components which that character operates on, which may be encoded characters or other sequences in the same format.
What part of speech is ideographic description sequence?
Ideographic description sequence is a noun.
What is the plural of ideographic description sequence?
The plural of ideographic description sequence is ideographic description sequences.

Words near ideographic description sequence in the dictionary

  1. ideograms
  2. ideograph
  3. ideographic
  4. ideographic comma
  5. ideographic commas
  6. ideographic description sequence
  7. ideographic description sequences
  8. ideographic full stop
  9. ideographic full stops
  10. ideographic space
  11. ideographic spaces

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