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Webster 1913 Edition


Digraph

Di′graph

,
Noun.
[Gr.
δι-
=
δίσ-
twice + [GREEK] a writing, [GREEK] to write.]
Two signs or characters combined to express a single articulated sound; as
ea
in head, or
th
in bath.

Webster 1828 Edition


Digraph

DIGRAPH

,
Noun.
[Gr., to write.] A union of two vowels, of which one only is pronounced, as in head, breath.

Definition 2024


Digraph

Digraph

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German

Alternative forms

  • Digraf (since the spelling reform of 1996)

Noun

Digraph m (genitive Digraphen, plural Digraphen)

  1. (linguistics) digraph

Declension

digraph

digraph

See also: Digraph

English

Noun

digraph (plural digraphs)

  1. (graph theory) A directed graph.
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Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek δίς (dís, double) + γράφω (gráphō, write), di- + -graph.

Noun

digraph (plural digraphs)

  1. (computing) A two-character sequence used to enter a single conceptual character.
  2. (linguistics) A pair of letters, especially a pair representing a single phoneme.
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