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American Sign Language
a language consisting of manual signs and gestures, used as by deaf people in North America
See American Sign Language in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun Abbr. ASL
The primary sign language used by deaf and hearing-impaired people in the United States and Canada, devised in part by Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet on the basis of sign language in France. Also called Ameslan.
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