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graph⋅eme

  [graf-eem]
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–noun Linguistics.
1. a minimal unit of a writing system.
2. a unit of a writing system consisting of all the written symbols or sequences of written symbols that are used to represent a single phoneme.
Origin:
1935–40; graph- + -eme

Related forms:
gra⋅phe⋅mi⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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graph·eme   (grāf'ēm')   
n.  

  1. A letter of an alphabet.

  2. All of the letters and letter combinations that represent a phoneme, as f, ph, and gh for the phoneme /f/.


[graph2 + -eme.]
gra·phe'mic (grā-fē'mĭk) adj., gra·phe'mi·cal·ly adv.
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