UEB Glossary
Collection of terms and explanations helping to clarify the transition from EBAE to UEB
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modifier
a diacritical mark (such as an accent) normally used in combination with a letter |
nesting
the practice of closing indicators in the reverse order of opening |
non-alphabetic
designating any print or braille symbol, including the space, which is not a letter, modified letter, ligatured letter or contraction |
passage
three or more symbols-sequences |
passage indicator
initiates a mode which persists indefinitely until an explicit terminator is encountered |
prefix
any one of the seven braille characters having only right-hand dots (@ ^ _ " . ; ,)orthebraillecharacter# |
print symbol
a single letter, digit, punctuation mark or other print sign customarily used as an elementary unit of text |
root
any one of the 56 braille characters, including the space, which is not a prefix |
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 |