UEB Glossary
Collection of terms and explanations helping to clarify the transition from EBAE to UEB
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alphabetic wordsign
any one of the wordsigns in which a letter represents a word |
braille cell
the physical area which is occupied by a braille character |
braille character
any one of the 64 distinct patterns of six dots, including the space, which can be expressed in braille |
braille sign
one or more consecutive braille characters comprising a unit, consisting of a root on its own or a root preceded by one or more prefixes (also referred to as braille symbol) |
braille space
a blank cell, or the blank margin at the beginning and end of a braille line |
braille symbol
used interchangeably with braille sign |
contracted
transcribed using contractions (also referred to as grade 2 braille) |
contraction
a braille sign which represents a word or a group of letters |
final-letter groupsign
a two-cell braille sign formed by dots 46 or dots 56 followed by the final letter of the group |
grade 1
the meaning assigned to a braille sign which would otherwise be read as a contraction or as a numeral (Meanings assigned under special modes such as arrows are not considered grade 1.) |