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  • 31manual — adj. & n. adj. 1 of or done with the hands (manual labour). 2 (of a machine etc.) worked by hand, not automatically. n. 1 a a book of instructions, esp. for operating a machine or learning a subject; a handbook (a computer manual). b any small… …

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  • 32manual alphabet — /mænjuəl ˈælfəbɛt/ (say manyoohuhl alfuhbet) noun a system of representing the letters of an alphabet by forming shapes with the hands, most commonly with one hand (as in sign languages used in France, America, Ireland, etc.) or with two hands… …

  • 33sign language — noun Date: 1847 1. a formal language employing a system of hand gestures for communication (as by the deaf) 2. an unsystematic method of communicating chiefly by manual gestures used by people speaking different languages …

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  • 34sign language — Synonyms and related words: bearing, beck, beckon, body language, carriage, charade, chironomy, dactylology, deaf and dumb alphabet, dumb show, finger alphabet, gesticulation, gesture, gesture language, hand signal, kinesics, manual alphabet,… …

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  • 35sign language — noun a system of communication used among and with deaf people, consisting of facial and manual gestures and signs …

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  • 36manual alphabet — noun an alphabet used by the deaf; letters are represented by finger positions • Syn: ↑finger alphabet • Hypernyms: ↑alphabet • Part Holonyms: ↑ASL, ↑American sign language …

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  • 37Variable-message sign — Sign over Interstate 94 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, advising of a road blockage during a winter storm …

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  • 39American Sign Language grammar — The grammar of American Sign Language (ASL) is the best studied of any sign language, though research is still in its infancy, dating back only to William Stokoe in the 1960s. Stokoe was the first linguist to approach any sign language as a full… …

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