biliteral

[ bahy-lit-er-uhl ]

adjective

1. using or consisting of two letters.
2. (of Semitic roots) having two consonants.

Other Words From

• bi·liter·al·ism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of biliteral¹

First recorded in 1780–90; bi- ¹ + literal

Example Sentences

Next, by the process described at p. 53, we transfer to a Biliteral Diagram all the information we can.

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Do you really think from what you have studied that the cipher is a biliteral one, or on the basis of a biliteral cipher?

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Take therefore the Baconian Biliteral and place opposite to each item the number of symbols required.

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The arrangement of the books was but another variant of our biliteral cipher.

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Of the Quintuple biliteral there are thirty-two combinations.

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