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noun


(1)   The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)
"He mastered only the rudiments of geometry"
(2)   A character set that includes letters and is used to write a language
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Etymology


From < , from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet, (Α) and (Β), from Phoenician and , so called because they were pictograms of those objects.

Noun



  1. The set of letters used when writing in a language.
    The Greek alphabet has only twenty-four letters.
    In the first year of school, pupils are taught to recite the alphabet.
  2. A, normally finite, set of distinguishable symbols.
    Let L be a regular language over the alphabet \Sigma.

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