"alphanumeric" meaning in English

See alphanumeric in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˌæl.fə.n(j)uːˈmɛ.ɹɪk/
Rhymes: -ɛɹɪk Etymology: From alpha- + numeric. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*nem-}}, {{prefix|en|alpha|numeric}} alpha- + numeric Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} alphanumeric (not comparable)
  1. Consisting of, or limited to, letters and/or numbers, especially the characters A to Z (lowercase and uppercase) and 0 to 9. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Lexicography
    Sense id: en-alphanumeric-en-adj-QMLFpNq3 Disambiguation of Lexicography: 53 29 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with alpha-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Interlingua translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 40 18 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with alpha-: 56 35 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 42 38 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 43 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 37 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 52 27 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 47 27 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 42 32 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 49 28 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 52 27 20 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 41 32 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 52 27 20 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 42 31 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 40 35 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 62 23 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Interlingua translations: 47 28 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 41 31 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 41 31 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 52 27 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 49 29 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 52 27 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 44 28 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 52 27 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 52 29 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 52 28 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 52 27 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 41 31 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 43 29 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 52 27 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 52 27 20
  2. (rare, nonstandard) Consisting of these characters plus punctuation and other special characters. Tags: nonstandard, not-comparable, rare
    Sense id: en-alphanumeric-en-adj-ePNXMFdd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 40 18 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 42 38 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 43 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 37 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 40 35 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: alphameric, alphamerical, alphanumerical Derived forms: alphanumerical, alphanumerically, nonalphanumeric Translations (consisting of letters and numbers): alfanumèric (Catalan), 文數 /文数 (wénshù) (Chinese Mandarin), 文數字 /文数字 (wénshùzì) (english: alphanumeric character) (Chinese Mandarin), alfanumerisk (Danish), alfanumeriek (Dutch), litercifera (Esperanto), aakkosnumeerinen (Finnish), alfanumeerinen (Finnish), alphanumérique (French), alfanumérico (Galician), alphanumerisch (German), alphanummerisch (German), αλφαριθμητικός (alfarithmitikós) [masculine] (Greek), αλφαριθμικός (alfarithmikós) [feminine] (Greek), אַלְפָא נוּמֶרִי (álfa numéri) [masculine] (Hebrew), alphanumeric (Interlingua), alfanumerico (Italian), 英数の (eisū no) (english: ASCII) (alt: えいすうの) (Japanese), 英数字 (eisūji) (english: alphanumeric character) (alt: えいすうじ) (Japanese), азбучнобро́јчен (azbučnobrójčen) (Macedonian), retawhika (Maori), alfanumerisk (Norwegian Bokmål), alfanumerisk (Norwegian Nynorsk), alfanumeryczny (Polish), alfanumérico [masculine] (Portuguese), alfanumeric [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), alfanumerică [feminine] (Romanian), alfanumerici [masculine, plural] (Romanian), бу́квенно-цифрово́й (búkvenno-cifrovój) (Russian), alfanumérico (Spanish), alfanumerisk (Swedish), alfanümerik (Turkish), abecesayısal (Turkish), abece-sayısal (Turkish), abece sayısal (Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'consisting of letters and numbers': 53 47

Noun

IPA: /ˌæl.fə.n(j)uːˈmɛ.ɹɪk/ Forms: alphanumerics [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛɹɪk Etymology: From alpha- + numeric. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*nem-}}, {{prefix|en|alpha|numeric}} alpha- + numeric Head templates: {{en-noun}} alphanumeric (plural alphanumerics)
  1. An alphanumeric character. Synonyms: alnum
    Sense id: en-alphanumeric-en-noun-sOpPmZ0Y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 40 18 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 42 38 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 43 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 37 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 40 35 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: alphameric, alphamerical, alphanumerical

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "consisting of letters and numbers",
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      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "consisting of letters and numbers",
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      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "álfa numéri",
      "sense": "consisting of letters and numbers",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "אַלְפָא נוּמֶרִי"
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      "alt": "えいすうの",
      "code": "ja",
      "english": "ASCII",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "eisū no",
      "sense": "consisting of letters and numbers",
      "word": "英数の"
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      "sense": "consisting of letters and numbers",
      "word": "英数字"
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      "lang": "Macedonian",
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      "sense": "consisting of letters and numbers",
      "word": "азбучнобро́јчен"
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      "word": "retawhika"
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    },
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "consisting of letters and numbers",
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      "word": "alfanumeric"
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      "sense": "consisting of letters and numbers",
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      "roman": "búkvenno-cifrovój",
      "sense": "consisting of letters and numbers",
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