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manual alphabet
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun manual alphabet has 1 sense
- manual alphabet(n = noun.communication) finger alphabet - an alphabet used by the deaf; letters are represented by finger positions; Array is a kind of alphabet
is a part of american sign language, asl
CIDE DICTIONARY
manual alphabet, n.
An alphabet of signs made by movement of the hands, used by the deaf; in it letters are represented by finger positions. See Dactylology. [WordNet 1.5]
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