HETEROGRAPHY


Meaning of HETEROGRAPHY in English

— heterographic /het'euhr euh graf"ik/ , heterographical , adj.

/het'euh rog"reuh fee/ , n.

1. spelling different from that in current use.

2. the use of the same letter or combination of letters to represent different sounds, as, in English, the use of s in sit and easy.

[ 1775-85; HETERO- + -GRAPHY ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .