alphabetics

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The science of representing spoken sounds by letters.
  2. The study of the alphabet, the sounds associated with each letter, and the construction of written words.
  3. plural of alphabetic

Word forms

alphabetics

Etymology

From alphabet + -ics.

Related words

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