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legatura — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ligature noun A cord, thread, or wire used to tie something tightly, especially to close off a blood vessel in surgery.

Senses

legatura is used for these senses in English:

  • ligature (uncountable) The act of tying or binding something.
  • ligature (countable, typography) A character that visually combines multiple letters, such as æ, œ, ß or ij; also logotype. Sometimes called a typographic ligature.
  • logotype (typography) A single type combining two or more letters (as a ligature or otherwise).

ligature — full definition

  1. noun A cord, thread, or wire used to tie something tightly, especially to close off a blood vessel in surgery.
  2. noun A character formed by joining two or more letters into a single glyph, such as æ.

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