Meaning

4 senses
  1. A directed graph.

  2. A two-character sequence used to enter a single conceptual character.

    Digraph

    дигра́фdigráf

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

  3. A pair of letters, especially a pair representing a single phoneme.

    Digraph

    дигра́фdigráf, дигра́ммаdigrámma

  4. A sequence of two lines, each of which may be unbroken, broken once, or broken twice.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. In mathematics, a quiver is a digraph.

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  2. I don't understand why Ido has to have the digraph "qu" in the orthography.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
computing: two-character sequence:
pair of letters:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
computing: two-character sequence:

Origin

Blend of directed + graph. From Ancient Greek δίς (dís, “double”) + γράφω (gráphō, “write

Blend of directed + graph.

From Ancient Greek δίς (dís, “double”) + γράφω (gráphō, “write”), equivalent to di- + -graph.

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Forms

plural: digraphs
Singulardigraph
Pluraldigraphs

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • two successive letters (especially two letters used to represent a single sound: ‘sh’ in ‘shoe’):digram

Word family

16 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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