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That method of spelling in which every sound is represented by a single character, which indicates that sound and no other.

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  1. n. That method of spelling in which every sound is represented by a single character, which indicates that sound and no other.
  2. n. A relation between two figures, such that to any point of the one corresponds one and but one point in the other, and vise versa. Thus, a tangent line rolling on a circle cuts two fixed tangents of the circle in two sets of points that are homographic.
  3. 1. That method of spelling in which every sound is represented by a single character, which indicates that sound and no other. 2. (Geom.) A relation between two figures, such that to any point of the one corresponds one and but one point in the other, and vise versa. Thus, a tangent line rolling on a circle cuts two fixed tangents of the circle in two sets of points that are homographic.
  4. A relation between two figures, such that to any point of theone corresponds one and but one point in the other, and vise versa.Thus, a tangent line rolling on a circle cuts two fixed tangents ofthe circle in two sets of points that are homographic.
  5. n. That method of spelling in which every sound is represented by a single character, which indicates that sound and no other. n. A relation between two figures, such that to any point of the one corresponds one and but one point in the other, and vise versa. Thus, a tangent line rolling on a circle cuts two fixed tangents of the circle in two sets of points that are homographic.