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Braille
or braille (brāl)n.
A system of writing and printing for blind or visually impaired people, in which varied arrangements of raised dots representing letters and numerals are identified by touch.
tr.v. Brailled, Braill·ing, Brailles also brailled or braill·ing or brailles
To print or transliterate using this system.
[After Louis Braille.]
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Braille
(breɪl)n
1. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a system of writing for the blind consisting of raised dots that can be interpreted by touch, each dot or group of dots representing a letter, numeral, or punctuation mark
2. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) any writing produced by this method. Compare Moon1
vb
(Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) (tr) to print or write using this method
Braille
(French braj)n
(Biography) Louis (lwi). 1809–52, French inventor, musician, and teacher of the blind, who himself was blind from the age of three and who devised the Braille system of raised writing
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Braille
(breɪl)n., v. Brailled, Braill•ing. n.
1. Louis, 1809–52, French teacher of the blind.
2. a system of writing, devised by L. Braille for use by the blind, in which combinations of raised dots represent letters, numbers, punctuation marks, etc., that are read by touch.
v.t. 3. to write or transliterate in Braille.
Also, braille (for defs. 2,3).[1850–55]
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Braille
Past participle: Brailled
Gerund: Brailling
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Braille
A system of writing or printing using raised dots on a page, allowing blind people to read by touch. Originally developed by Louis Braille, a blind French teacher (1809–52).
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Noun | 1. | Braille - French educator who lost his sight at the age of three and who invented a system of writing and printing for sightless people (1809-1852) |
2. | braille - a point system of writing in which patterns of raised dots represent letters and numerals point system - a system of writing or printing using patterns of raised dots that can be read by touch | |
Verb | 1. | braille - transcribe in braille transliterate, transcribe - rewrite in a different script; "The Sanskrit text had to be transliterated" |
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Translations
طريقة برايل للقراءه
slepecké písmo
blindskrift
vakírás
blindraletur
Brailio raštas
Braila / neredzīgo raksts
slepecké písmo
Breyl Alfabesikörler alfabesi
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Braille
n → Blinden- or Brailleschrift f
adj → Blindenschrift-; Braille library → Blindenbücherei f; Braille books → Bücher pl → in Blindenschrift
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braille
(breil) noun a system of printing for the blind, using raised dots.
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Braille
, reading systemn. Braille, sistema de lectura, método de escritura e impreso de puntos alzados que identifican letras, números y puntuación y permite a los ciegos leer por medio del tacto.
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Braille
n braille m, sistema m de escritura para ciegosEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.