Alphabet
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Etymology
From Late Latin alphabētum < Greek αλφάβητος, from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet, alpha (Α) and beta (Β), from Phoenician aleph (≮, א, "ox") + beth (ב ,פ, "house"), so called because they were pictograms of those objects.
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Noun
alphabet (plural: alphabets)
- An ordered set of letters used in a language, for example the English alphabet.
- (mathematics{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}) In mathematics, the finite set of symbols accepted by a given language.
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See also
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Translations
an ordered set of letters used in a language
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