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D0221500 (dī′grăf′)n.1. A pair of letters representing a single speech sound, such as the ph in pheasant or the ea in beat.2. A single character consisting of two letters run together and representing a single sound, such as Old English æ.

di·graph′ic (dī-grăf′ĭk) adj.

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(ˈdaɪɡrɑːf; -ɡræf) n (Phonetics & Phonology) phonetics a combination of two letters or characters used to represent a single speech sound such as gh in English tough. Compare ligature⁵, diphthong digraphic adj

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(ˈdaɪ græf, -grɑf)

n. a pair of letters representing a single speech sound, as ea in meat or th in path. [1780–90] di•graph′ic (-ˈgræf ɪk) adj. di•graph′i•cal•ly, adv.

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Noun

digraph - two successive letters (especially two letters used to represent a single sound: `sh' in `shoe')digramalphabetic character, letter of the alphabet, letter - the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters"

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Digraphdigrammeориентированный граф

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[′dī‚graf] (mathematics) directed graph

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a combination of two or more letters that indicate a single sound, for example, Polish sz and cz. In Russian known as ligatura, see LIGATURE.

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In some programming languages, a digraph is two common keyboard characters used together that represent one symbol. For example, (* and *) have represented the curly braces { and }. A trigraph uses three characters such as ??- for a tilde ~. Digraphs and trigraphs are methods for ensuring symbols can be entered into source code from an abbreviated keyboard that has fewer keys than a full-size unit.

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noun two successive letters (especially two letters used to represent a single sound: 'sh' in 'shoe')

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