alphabetical
/alfəˈbɛtɪk(ə)l
/adjective
1Relating to an alphabet: alphabetical characters...
- We named these loci based on their linkage group number followed by one or more alphabetical characters.
- To some scholars, it looks like Chinese characters, while others think it looks more like alphabetical writing.
- Eliza begins to look at life in alphabetical terms.
1.1In the order of the letters of the alphabet: an alphabetical index in alphabetical order...
- Players are in alphabetical order in the index from Abad to Zuleta.
- The buildings were lettered for easy identification, in alphabetical order from east to west.
- It is your fault I put my canned goods in alphabetical order.
Derivatives
alphabetic
/ adjective ...- Research on Chinese-reading children with dyslexia show a different part of the brain may be involved in their case than with alphabetic languages.
- Louis Braille, inventor of the alphabetic system for the blind which bears his name, was born in Paris.
- In his leather bag he has an alphabetic list which he fastidiously ticks off after each visit.