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grafía

Definitions of grafía
  1. noun
    forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage
    synonyms: deletreo, ortografía
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    type of:
    ortografía
    a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols
  2. noun
    a written symbol that is used to represent speech
    synonyms: carácter
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    types:
    superíndice
    a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character
    subíndice
    a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character
    carácter ascii
    any member of the standard code for representing characters by binary numbers
    caja alta, letra mayúscula, mayúscula
    one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis
    caja baja, letra minúscula, minúscula
    the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case
    tipo
    printed characters
    tanto por ciento
    a sign (`%') used to indicate that the number preceding it should be understood as a proportion multiplied by 100
    asterisco, estrella
    a star-shaped character * used in printing
    obelisco
    a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote
    carácter, letra
    the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech
    espacio
    a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing
    símbolo fonético
    a written character used in phonetic transcription of represent a particular speech sound
    símbolo matemático
    a character that is used to indicates a mathematical relation or operation
    runa
    any character from an ancient Germanic alphabet used in Scandinavia from the 3rd century to the Middle Ages
    pictograma
    a graphic character used in picture writing
    ideograma
    a graphic character that indicates the meaning of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it
    versalita
    a character having the form of an upper-case letter but the same height as lower-case letters
    fuente, tipografía
    a specific size and style of type within a type family
    letra doble
    two successive letters (especially two letters used to represent a single sound: `sh' in `shoe')
    inicial, iniciales, letra inicial
    the first letter of a word (especially a person's name)
    ceda, ceta, zeda, zeta
    the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet
    alfa
    the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet
    beta
    the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet
    gamma
    the 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet
    delta
    the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet
    épsilon
    the 5th letter of the Greek alphabet
    zeta
    the 6th letter of the Greek alphabet
    eta
    the 7th letter of the Greek alphabet
    iota
    the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet
    kappa
    the 10th letter of the Greek alphabet
    lambda
    the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet
    ómicron
    the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet
    pi
    the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet
    ro
    the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet
    sigma
    the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet
    tau
    the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet
    fi
    the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet
    psi
    the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet
    omega
    the last (24th) letter of the Greek alphabet
    polifonía
    a letter that has two or more pronunciations
    vocal
    a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel
    consonante
    a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant
    type of:
    gráfico, símbolo gráfico
    a written or printed symbol
  3. noun
    a visual representation of the relations between certain quantities plotted with reference to a set of axes
    synonyms: cuadro, curva, gráfica, gráfico, red
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    types:
    ECG, cardiograma, electrocardiograma
    a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph
    electroencefalograma
    a graphical record of electrical activity of the brain; produced by an electroencephalograph
    type of:
    comunicación visual
    communication that relies on vision
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