Look up: braille

1. Braille
   [n] - French educator who lost his sight at the age of three and who invented a system of writing and printing for sightless people (1809-152) 2. [n] - a point system of writing in which patterns of raised dots represent letters and numerals 3. [v] - transcribe in Braille
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2. braille
   a system of writing for the blind that uses characters made up of raised dots in a 6-dot cell arranged in two vertical columns and that has been adapted for writing various languages and for transcribing music,mathematics and scientific symbols Category: Printing and publishing • 2)a sys...
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3. Braille
   Braille noun A system of printing or writing for the blind in which the characters are represented by tangible points or dots. It was invented by Louis Braille, a French teacher of the blind.
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4. braille
   A system of writing and printing by means of raised dots corresponding to letters, numbers, and punctuation to enable the blind to read by touch. ... Origin: Louis Braille, French teacher of blind, 1809-1852 ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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5. braille
   noun a point system of writing in which patterns of raised dots represent letters and numerals
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6. Braille
   Louis Braille noun French educator who lost his sight at the age of three and who invented a system of writing and printing for sightless people (1809-1852)
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7. braille
   verb transcribe in Braille
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8. braille
   (brāl) an alphabet system for the blind, consisting of raised dots that can be felt with the fingertip.
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9. Braille
   • (n.) A system of printing or writing for the blind in which the characters are represented by tangible points or dots. It was invented by Louis Braille, a French teacher of the blind.
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10. Braille
    universally accepted system of writing used by and for blind persons and consisting of a code of 63 characters, each made up of one to six raised ... [4 related articles]
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11. braille
    Type: Term Pronunciation: brāl Definitions: 1. A system of writing and printing by means of raised dots corresponding to letters, numbers, and punctuation to enable the blind to read by touch.
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12. braille
    (human language) /breyl/ (Often capitalised) A class of writing systems, intended for use by blind and low-vision users, which express glyphs as raised dots. Currently employed braille standards use eight dots per cell, where a cell is a glyph-space two dots across by four dots high; most glyphs us...
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13. Braille
    Braille (brāl) , in astronomy, a small asteroid notable because it has the same atypical geologic composition as the larger asteroid Vesta. In 1999 the space probe Deep Space 1 passed within 16 mi (26 km) of Braille's surface, the closest flyby ever of an asteroid. Braille measures only 1.3 mi...
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14. Braille
    System of writing for the blind. Letters are represented by a combination of raised dots on paper or other materials, which are then read by touch. It was invented in 1829 by Louis Braille, who became blind at the age of three. A French system called BrailleNet was being tested in 1997 in schools an...
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15. Braille
    The `Braille` system is a method that is widely used by blind people to read and write, and was the first digital form of writing. Braille was devised in 1825 by Louis Braille, a blind Frenchman.<ref name = " Noëlle Roy ">--> Each Braille character, or cell, is made up of six ...
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