"variography" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: variographies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} variography (plural variographies)
  1. The production of variograms
    Sense id: en-variography-en-noun-x84DkSA8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47
  2. Variant spelling, the process of creating manuscript variants. Categories (topical): Palaeography
    Sense id: en-variography-en-noun-NQbMfNWR Disambiguation of Palaeography: 26 74 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: variographic

Inflected forms

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