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Braille

noun

1 Braille

French educator who lost his sight at the age of three and who invented a system of writing and printing for sightless people (1809-1852).

synonym: Louis Braille.

2 braille

A point system of writing in which patterns of raised dots represent letters and numerals.

Dutch: braille
Polish: alfabet brajlowski, alfabet Braille'a, brajl

Roget 442: blindness, cecity, excecation, amaurosis, cataract, ablepsy, ablepsia, prestriction; dim-sightedness etc. 443; Braille, Braille-type; guttaserena ... show more

verb

1 braille

Transcribe in braille.


Moby thesaurus: Boston type, New York point, Optacon, Pathsounder, Seeing Eye dog, Visotoner, cane, embosser, guide dog, high-speed embosser, line letter, noctograph, optophone, personal sonar, sensory aid, sight-saver type, string alphabet, talking book, ultrasonic spectacles, visagraph ... show more.

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