Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pasigraphy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pasig-ra-phy
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A writing system where concepts are written instead of words. The system is not phonetic and uses ideograms, such as mathematical symbols. It is intended to be universally understood.

Example Sentences

"He spent his spare time on the weekend perfecting his very own pasigraphy."
"M. Alexander Kis, of Pest in Hungary, has recently invented an universal alphabet, or species of pasigraphy applicable to all languages."
"People call any written universal language a "pasigraphy" ; thus the international code of maritime signals is a "pasigraphy.""
"Besides systems that can be both written and spoken (pasilalies), or planned languages, there are also written-only projects (pasigraphies), which again can be divided into a priori and a posteriori systems."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek.

Inflected Forms

pasigraphies (plural)

Derived Forms

pasigraphic

Questions

What does pasigraphy mean?: A writing system where concepts are written instead of words. The system is not phonetic and uses ideograms, such as mathematical symbols. It is intended to be universally understood.
Where does pasigraphy come from?: From Ancient Greek.

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