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orthotactics

orthotactics noun: the restrictions a language applies to the positions and patterns of graphemes in written words.

Noun

orthotactics (uncountable)

  1. The restrictions a language applies to the positions and patterns of graphemes in written words.
    • The orthotactics of Spanish usually use the letter u after the letter g to signal a hard g, whereas the orthotactics of Italian usually use the letter h for that purpose.
    • The name a chung is a late, secondary invention of probable non-Tibetan origin, and is therefore not found in the Tibetan texts on orthography and orthotactics' […]1996, Sanford Steever, “Tamil writing”, in The World's Writing Systems, Oxford University Press, page 432

Questions about orthotactics

What does orthotactics mean?
Orthotactics means the restrictions a language applies to the positions and patterns of graphemes in written words.
What part of speech is orthotactics?
Orthotactics is a noun.

Words near orthotactics in the dictionary

  1. orthosymmetrical
  2. orthosympathetic
  3. orthosymplectic
  4. orthotactic
  5. orthotactically
  6. orthotactics
  7. orthotaxa
  8. orthotaxon
  9. orthotectonic
  10. orthoteliine
  11. orthoteliines

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