transcription, транскрипция: [ ə-ˈkrȯs-tik, -ˈkräs- ]
noun
Etymology: Middle French & Greek; Middle French acrostiche, from Greek akrostichis, from akr- acr- + stichos line; akin to steichein to go — more at stair
Date: 1530
1. : a composition usually in verse in which sets of letters (as the initial or final letters of the lines) taken in order form a word or phrase or a regular sequence of letters of the alphabet
2. : acronym
• acrostic also acros·ti·cal -ti-kəl adjective
• acros·ti·cal·ly -ti-k(ə-)lē adverb