UEB Glossary
Collection of terms and explanations helping to clarify the transition from EBAE to UEB
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shortform
a contraction consisting of a word specially abbreviated in braille |
standing alone
condition of being unaccompanied by additional letters, symbols or punctuation except as specified in 2.6, the "standing alone" rule; used to determine when a braille sign is read as a contraction |
strong
designating contractions (other than alphabetic wordsigns) containing dots in both the top and bottom rows and in both the left and right columns of the braille cell |
strong character
designating a braille character containing dots in both the top and bottom rows and in both the left and right columns of the braille cell, which therefore is physically unambiguous |
symbols-sequence
an unbroken string of braille signs, whether alphabetic or non-alphabetic, preceded and followed by space (also referred to as symbols-word) |