manual alphabet

manual alphabet

manual alphabet

n. An alphabet used for communication by hearing-impaired people in which finger positions represent the letters.

man′ual al′phabet

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n. a set of finger configurations corresponding to the letters of the alphabet, used by the deaf in fingerspelling. [1860–65]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

manual alphabet - an alphabet used by the deaf; letters are represented by finger positionsfinger alphabetalphabet - a character set that includes letters and is used to write a languageAmerican sign language, ASL - the sign language used in the United States

Translations

Fingeralphabet