"archigrapheme" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: archigraphemes [plural]
Etymology: archi- + grapheme, by analogy with archiphoneme. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|archi|grapheme}} archi- + grapheme, {{m|en|archiphoneme}} archiphoneme Head templates: {{en-noun}} archigrapheme (plural archigraphemes)
  1. (typography) a grapheme which represents any of several graphemes (often causing ambiguity), by analogy with the archiphoneme, which represents several phonemes. Categories (topical): Typography
    Sense id: en-archigrapheme-en-noun-NZ5-2LVi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with archi- Topics: media, publishing, typography

Inflected forms

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