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spinonym

spinonym noun: a type of ambigram in which a word is written using the same glyph repeated in different orientations.

spinonym: a type of ambigram in which a word is written using the same glyph repeated in different...
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Noun

spinonym (plural spinonyms)

  1. A type of ambigram in which a word is written using the same glyph repeated in different orientations.
    • The ambigrams in this category are not encountered as frequently as the others. These could include the following: 3d, containment, web, spacefilling, spinonyms, slide, dissection, or word crosses.2013, Nikita Prokhorov, Ambigrams Revealed: A Graphic Designer's Guide To Creating Typographic Art, →ISBN

Forms of spinonym

pluralspinonyms

Origin of spinonym

From spin + -onym.

Questions about spinonym

What does spinonym mean?
Spinonym means a type of ambigram in which a word is written using the same glyph repeated in different orientations.
What part of speech is spinonym?
Spinonym is a noun.
What is the plural of spinonym?
The plural of spinonym is spinonyms.

Words near spinonym in the dictionary

  1. Spinone Italiano
  2. spinoneural
  3. Spinoni Italiani
  4. spinonic
  5. spinons
  6. spinonym
  7. spinonyms
  8. spinoparabrachial
  9. spinopelvic
  10. spinophilin
  11. spinophillin

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