Haplography — is the act of writing once what should be written twice. For example, the English word idolatry , the worship of idols, comes from the Greek eidololatreia , but one syllable has been lost through haplography. Other examples are endontics for… … Wikipedia
haplography — scribal error of writing only once a letter that should have been written twice; see HAPLO (Cf. haplo ) + GRAPHY (Cf. graphy) … Etymology dictionary
haplography — См. aplografìa … Пятиязычный словарь лингвистических терминов
haplography — /hap log reuh fee/, n. the accidental omission of a letter or letter group that should be repeated in writing, as in Missippi for Mississippi. Cf. dittography. [1885 90; HAPLO + GRAPHY] * * * … Universalium
haplography — n. accidental omission of a letter or group of letters that should be repeated … English contemporary dictionary
haplography — [hap lɒgrəfi] noun the inadvertent omission of a repeated letter or letters in writing (e.g. writing philogy for philology) … English new terms dictionary
haplography — hap·log·ra·phy … English syllables
haplography — Пропуск букв, слогов … Вестминстерский словарь теологических терминов
haplography — /hæpˈlɒgrəfi/ (say hap logruhfee) noun the omission of a word, syllable, or letter in writing, where it occurs twice in succession, as in hippotamus for hippopotamus …
haplography — n. accidental omission of letters, words or lines in copying … Dictionary of difficult words