- Look up
ligature in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Ligature may
refer to:
Ligature (medicine), a
piece of
suture used to shut off a
blood vessel or other...
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combinations that
gradually evolve from
ligatures into
separately recognizable characters.
Other notable ligatures, such as the
Brahmic abugidas and the...
- Algonquin, "w" is preferred. An ou
ligature much
different in form (with the two
letters side-by-side as in most
ligatures, as
opposed to one on top of the...
- of
ligation is
attributed to
Hippocrates and Galen. In
ancient Rome,
ligatures were used to
treat hemorrhoids.
Spanish Muslim doctor Al-Zahrawi described...
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vibration and not
distort the reed.
Ligatures are most
commonly made out of
metal and
plated in nickel, silver, or gold.
Ligatures are also made out of wire, wire...
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ligatures are
graphic combinations of the
letters of the Gr****
alphabet that were used in
medieval handwritten Gr**** and in
early printing.
Ligatures...
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preferred over archeology, even in the US.
Given their long history,
ligatures are
sometimes used to show
archaism or in
literal quotations of historic...
- With many
other ligatures, it was used to
print Gr****
during the early-modern era.
Between the 18th and 19th centuries, the use of
ligatures in
print gradually...
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around 800 to 1650 AD.
Ligatures are
characteristic of
neumatic (chant) and
mensural notation. The
notation and
meaning of
ligatures has
changed significantly...
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specific subjects that
traditionally use
ligatures in loanwords,
ligatures are
seldom used in
modern English. The
ligatures æ and œ were
until the 19th century...
