Hypertext Webster Gateway: "alphabetical"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Alphabetic \Al`pha*bet"ic\, Alphabetical \Al`pha*bet"ic*al\, a.
[Cf. F. alphab['e]tique.]
1. Pertaining to, furnished with, expressed by, or in the
order of, the letters of the alphabet; as, alphabetic
characters, writing, languages, arrangement.
2. Literal. [Obs.] ``Alphabetical servility.'' --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
alphabetical
adj 1: relating to or expressed by an alphabet; "alphabetical
writing system" [syn: {alphabetic}]
2: arranged in order according to the alphabet; "an alphabetic
arrangement"; "dictionaries list words in alphabetical
order" [syn: {alphabetic}] [ant: {analphabetic}]
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