Manual-alphabet definition

An alphabet used for communication by hearing-impaired people in which finger positions represent the letters.
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A system of communication, esp. one for deaf persons, in which positions of the fingers indicate the letters of the alphabet.
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(dactology) An alphabet whose letters are represented by positions of the hand and fingers.
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Noun

Singular:
manual-alphabet
Plural:
manual alphabets

Manual-alphabet Sentence Examples

  • We have cards, bookmarks and posters of the fingerspelling alphabet (sometimes called the manual alphabet ).

  • Deafblind manual interpreters spell words into a deafblind person's hand using the deafblind manual alphabet or the block alphabet.

  • It delighted me inexpressibly to find that they knew the manual alphabet.

  • One who is entirely dependent upon the manual alphabet has always a sense of restraint, of narrowness.

  • It astonished me to find how much easier it is to talk than to spell with the fingers, and I discarded the manual alphabet as a medium of communication on my part; but Miss Sullivan and a few friends still use it in speaking to me, for it is more convenient and more rapid than lip-reading.

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