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raphigraphy

raphigraphy noun: a tactile form of the Latin script invented for use by both blind and sighted people, resembling braille but with more dots, allowing the letters to resemble their written equivalents.

Noun

raphigraphy (uncountable)

  1. (historical) A tactile form of the Latin script invented for use by both blind and sighted people, resembling braille but with more dots, allowing the letters to resemble their written equivalents.

Questions about raphigraphy

What does raphigraphy mean?
Raphigraphy means a tactile form of the Latin script invented for use by both blind and sighted people, resembling braille but with more dots, allowing the letters to resemble their written equivalents.
What part of speech is raphigraphy?
Raphigraphy is a noun.

Words near raphigraphy in the dictionary

  1. raphidovirus
  2. raphidoviruses
  3. raphids
  4. raphigraph
  5. raphigraphs
  6. raphigraphy
  7. raphis
  8. raphistomatid
  9. raphistomatids
  10. Raphoe
  11. Raphson

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