homoglyph

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Synonyms: homograph, hemiglyph, photoglyph

Antonyms: homograph, hemiglyph, photoglyph

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|Q239178}} {{lb|en|linguistics|computing}} A {{l|en|character}} identical or nearly identical in {{l|en|appearance}} to another, but which differs in the {{l|en|meaning}} it represents; thus, in [[character encoding]] terms, a character with an identical or near-identical [[glyph]], or the glyph itself.

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