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GLYPHOGRAPHY

Definition: GLYPHOGRAPHY

GLYPHOGRAPHY

Noun

1. A process similar to etching, in which, by means of voltaic electricity, a raised copy of a drawing is made, so that it can be used to print from.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Glyphography \Gly*phog"ra*phy\, noun. [Greek expression to engrave -graphy.]. (Websters 1913)


Synonyms within Context: GLYPHOGRAPHY

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Engraving

Noun: engraving, chalcography; line engraving, mezzotint engraving, stipple engraving, chalk engraving; dry point, bur; etching, aquatinta; chiseling; plate engraving, copperplate engraving, steel engraving, wood engraving; xylography, lignography, glyptography, cerography, lithography, chromolithography, photolithography, zincography, glyphography, xylograph, lignograph, glyptograph, cerograph, lithograph, chromolithograph, photolithograph, zincograph, glyphograph, holograph.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: GLYPHOGRAPHY

English words defined with "GLYPHOGRAPHY": Galvanoglyphy, Glyphograph, Glyphographic. (references)

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Rhyming with "GLYPHOGRAPHY"

Words rhyming with "GLYPHOGRAPHY" (pronounced 'Gly*phog"ra*phy'): Adenography, Aerography, Agrostography, Aluminography, Amorphy, Anaglyptography, Anemography, Angiography, Anthography, Anthropogeography, Anthropography, Anthroposophy, Archaeography, Arteriography, Arthrography, Astrography, Astrophotography, Aurigraphy, Autobiography, Autography, Autotypography, Balneography, Bibliography, Biogeography, Biography, Brachygraphy, Cacography, Calcography, Caligraphy, Calligraphy, Cardiography, Cartography, Celidography, Cerography, Chalcography, Cheirosophy, Chemigraphy, Chirography, Choregraphy, Chorography, Chromatography, Chromolithography, Chromophotography, Chronography, Chrysography, Climatography, Cometography, Cosmography, cryptography, Crystallography. (additional references)

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Anagrams: GLYPHOGRAPHY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-g-g-h-h-l-o-p-p-r-y-y"

-3 letters: polygraph, polyphagy.

-4 letters: polypary.

-5 letters: propyla.

 Words containing the letters "a-g-g-h-h-l-o-p-p-r-y-y"
 

+4 letters: lymphangiography.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: GLYPHOGRAPHY


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

47 4C 59 50 48 4F 47 52 41 50 48 59

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

--.    .-..    -.--.    .--.    ....    ---    --.    .-.    .-    .--.    ....    -.--.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000111 01001100 01011001 01010000 01001000 01001111 01000111 01010010 01000001 01010000 01001000 01011001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#71 &#76 &#89 &#80 &#72 &#79 &#71 &#82 &#65 &#80 &#72 &#89

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0047 004C 0059 0050 0048 004F 0047 0052 0041 0050 0048 0059

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

414659504249415235504259

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Rhymes
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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