Braille

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A method of writing or printing for the blind in which combinations of tangible dots or points are used to represent alphabetical letters.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb. to transcribe in Braille.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A system of writing invented by Louis Braille, in which letters and some combinations of letters are represented by raised dots arranged in three rows of two dots each and are read by the blind and partially sighted using the fingertips.
  • adjective. Of, relating to or written in braille.
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  • 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)
  • noun. a point system of writing in which patterns of raised dots represent letters and numerals
  • verb. transcribe in braille
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