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al·pha·bet·i·cal

(ăl′fə-bĕt′ĭ-kəl) also al·pha·bet·ic (-bĕt′ĭk)

adj.

1. Arranged in the customary order of the letters of a language.

2. Of, relating to, or expressed by an alphabet.

al′pha·bet′i·cal·ly adv.

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Adj.	1.	alphabetic - relating to or expressed by a writing system that uses an alphabet; "alphabetical writing system" alphabetical analphabetic - relating to or expressed by a writing system that is not alphabetic
	2.	alphabetic - arranged in order according to the alphabet; "an alphabetic arrangement"; "dictionaries list words in alphabetical order" alphabetical analphabetic - not alphabetic; "an analphabetic arrangement of letters"; "Jesperson's system of phonetic transcription is analphabetic"

Translations

alphabétique

alfabètico

алфавитный

alphabetic(al)

adj → alphabetisch; in alphabetical order → in alphabetischer Reihenfolge

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