digraph
pronunciation
How to pronounce digraph in British English:
UK [ˈdaɪgrɑ:f]
How to pronounce digraph in American English:
US [ˈdaɪgræf]
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- Noun:
- two successive letters (especially two letters used to represent a single sound: `sh' in `shoe')
Word Origin
- digraph (n.)
- 1788, in linguistics, from Greek di- "twice" (see di- (1)) + -graph "something written," from Greek graphe "writing," from graphein "to write, express by written characters," earlier "to draw, represent by lines drawn" (see -graphy). In mathematics, from 1955, a contraction of directed graph.
Example
- 1. As an extension of the traditional signed digraph model , layered digraph models make hazard and operability analysis more thorough and systematic , which improves the capability of the expert system in identification of the potential safety hazards in the chemical processes .
- 2. In simple introduction content of all directions spreads notional base , be based on actual project project to use background , point out content of all directions sheds the crucial question in running , built gift multidimensional the digraph model of authority .