definition digraph
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Digraph (orthography) A digraph or digram (from the Greek: δίς dís, double and γράφω gráphō, to write) is a pair of characters used in the orthography of a language to write either a single phoneme (distinct sound), or a sequence of phonemes that does not correspond to the normal values of the two characters combined.
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Digoxin Digoxin is a purified cardiac glycoside similar to digitoxin extracted from the foxglove plant, Digitalis lanata. Digoxin is occasionally used in the treatment of various heart conditions, namely atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter and sometimes heart failure that cannot be controlled by other medication.he most common indications for digoxin are atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter with rapid ventricular response, though beta blockers and/or calcium channel blockers are a better first choice. There is tentative evidence that digoxin may increase the risk of death.
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English alphabet Written English uses 18 digraphs, such as ch, sh, th, ph, wh, etc., but they are not considered separate letters of the alphabet. Some traditions also use two ligatures, æ and œ, or consider the ampersand (&) part of the alphabet.
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Subject Knowledge Digraph-A grapheme containing two letters that makes just one sound (phoneme). Trigraph-A grapheme containing three letters that makes just one sound (phoneme). Oral Blending-This involves hearing phonemes and being able to merge them together to make a word.
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Lithography Lithography (from Ancient Greek λίθος, lithos, meaning stone, and γράφειν, graphein, meaning to write) is a method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water. Printing is from a stone (lithographic limestone) or a metal plate with a smooth surface.
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The Difference Between Diphthongs And Digraphs At workshops on spelling or phonics, I often find that many people are confused about the difference between the two terms. The clear difference is that digraphs are letters and diphthongs are sounds. The morphemes (meaningful word parts) in each word help us remember their meanings.
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Material Hardness In metallurgy hardness is defined as the ability of a material to resist plastic deformation. The dictionary of Metallurgy defines the indentation hardness as the resistance of a material to indentation. This is the usual type of hardness test, in which a pointed or rounded indenter is pressed into a surface under a substantially static load. 2. HARDNESS MEASUREMENT.
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What is the meaning of topography? noun, plural topographies. 1. the detailed mapping or charting of the features of a relatively small area, district, or locality. 2. the detailed description, especially by means of surveying, of particular localities, as cities, towns, or estates. 3. the relief features or surface configuration of an area.
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writing Cf. phraseograph. phraseograph. a phrase that can be represented by a phraseogram. Cf. phraseogram. pictography. the use of pictorial symbols to communicate; picture writing with symbols that may be either ideographic or phonetic in function. — pictograph, n. — pictographic, adj.
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dig 1 (transitive; often foll by out or up) to obtain by digging: to dig potatoes, to dig up treasure 5. (transitive; often foll by out or up) to find or discover by effort or searching: to dig out unexpected facts
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- Today we are going to study a new digraph. -ng. -ng makes the /ng/ sound as at the end of the word ring. -ng makes a single sound and the sound comes through the nose. To make this sound, your jaw should drop open with your tongue cutting off the air at the back of your mouth so the sound comes out of your nose. This picture of a ring will remind you of the sound the digraph ng makes. /ŋ/ The digraph -ng usually comes at the end of a word. That is why there is a line in front of the spelling. It shows that other letters must come in front of it.
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- Various patterns are discernible in the form of digraphs. In English, consonant digraphs tend largely to consist of some letter plus ⟨ h ⟩ , or to be double letters. Doubling is a common digraph strategy in many orthographies. Some scholars also describe a split digraph, which has a consonant in between two vowels.
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Definition and Examples of Digraphs in English A digraph is a group of two successive letters that represent a single sound (or phoneme).Common vowel digraphs in English include ai (as in rain), ay (day), ea (teach), ea (bread), ea (break), ee (free), ei (eight), ey (key), ie (piece), oa (road), oo (book), oo (room), ow (slow), and ue (true). digraph is a group of two successive letters that represent a single sound (or phoneme).
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- French: digression f; German: Exkurs m, Umschweif m, Abschweifung f; Polish: dygresja f; Portuguese: digressão f; Romanian: digresiune f; Russian: отступле́ние n (otstuplénije), отклоне́ние n (otklonénije) Scottish Gaelic: taobh-cheum m; Spanish: digresión f
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CHARACTER allograph - a variant form of a grapheme, as `m' or `M' or a handwritten version of that grapheme. check character - a character that is added to the end of a block of transmitted data and used to check the accuracy of the transmission.
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- A digraph is a single sound, or phoneme, which is represented by two letters. A trigraph is a phoneme which consists of three letters. However, many people will simply use the term 'digraph' generally to describe both combinations. In digraphs, consonants join together to form a kind of consonant team, which makes a special sound.
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Chronograph A chronograph is a specific type of watch that is used as a stopwatch combined with a display watch. A basic chronograph has an independent sweep second hand; it can be started, stopped, and returned to zero by successive pressure on the stem. More complex chronographs use additional complications and can have multiple independent hands to measure seconds, minutes, hours and even tenths of a second. In addition, many modern chronographs use moveable bezels as tachymeters for rapid calculations o
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Trigraph (orthography) Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (September 2010). A trigraph (from the Greek: τρεῖς, treis, treîs three and, γράφω, graphō) gráphō write is a group of three letters used to represent a single sound or a combination of sounds that does not correspond to the written. letters combinedurther information: List of Latin-script trigraphs. For example, in the word schilling, the trigraph sch represents the voiceless postalveolar fricative /ʃ/ , rather than the consonant cluster */skh/ . In the word beautiful, the sequence eau is pronounced /juː/ , and in the French word chateau château it is /pronounced/ . o
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- 1 Digraph List for English Words The term digraph is part of phonetics in English and stands for the sound, called a phoneme, which occurs when two consonants are combined.2  Digraphs refer to two letters co…. Some examples are 2  …. Digraph List for English Words The term digraph is part of phonetics in English and stands for the sound, called a phoneme, which occurs when two consonants are combined.
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How to Spell Vowel Digraphs Learning how vowel digraphs are spelled in English can improve your reading comprehension, pronunciation, and spelling. (Note: These are standard American pronunciations. British, Australian, and other Commonwealth countries-- and some regions of the U.S.-- will be different for a few of them.)
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Dermatographism Dermatographism is a skin disorder which is also referred to as ‘skin writing’. When individuals affected by this disorder scratch their skin even slightly, the areas on the skin attain a reddish hue and develop into elevated wheals that look like hives.
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digress digress (third-person singular simple present digresses, present participle digressing, simple past and past participle digressed) ( 1 intransitive) To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or speaking.
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digressverb  [ I] › to move away from the main subject you are writing or talking about and to write or talk about something else: 1  But I digress. To get back to what I was saying, this poem reflects the poet's love of nature and his religious beliefs. 2  The lecturer temporarily digressed from her subject to deal with a related theory.
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dig 1 dig early 14c. (diggen), of uncertain origin, probably related to dike and ditch, either via O.Fr. diguer (ult. from a Gmc. source), or directly from an unrecorded O.E. word. Native words were deolfan, grafan (medial -f- pronounced as v in O.E.). Meaning thrust or poke (as with an elbow) is from 1819; figurative sense of this is from 1840.
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digraph Definition of digraph. 1  1 : a group of two successive letters whose phonetic value is a single sound (as ea in bread or ng in sing) or whose value is not the sum of a value borne by each in other occurrences (as ch in chin where the value is \t\ + \sh\) 2  2 : a group of two successive letters. 3  3 : ligature  4.
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digraph n. 1  1. A pair of letters representing a single speech sound, such as the ph in pheasant or the ea in beat. 2  2. A single character consisting of two letters run together and representing a single sound, such as Old English æ.