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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: French educator who lost his sight at the age of three and who invented a system of writing and printing for sightless people (1809-1852) [syn: Braille, Louis Braille]
2: a point system of writing in which patterns of raised dots represent letters and numerals v
1: transcribe in braille

Merriam Webster's

noun Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Louis Braille Date: 1853 a system of writing for the blind that uses characters made up of raised dots • braille transitive verb • braillist noun

Merriam Webster's

biographical name Louis 1809-1852 French blind teacher of the blind

Britannica Concise

French educator who developed the Braille system of printing and writing for the blind. Himself blinded at the age of 3 in an accident, he went to Paris in 1819 to attend the National Institute for Blind Children, and from 1826 he taught there. Braille adapted a method created by Charles Barbier to develop his own simplified system..Universal system of writing and printing for the blind. L. Braille invented the system in 1824. Characters embossed on paper are read by passing the fingers lightly over the manuscript. The system is based on a matrix of six dots arranged in two columns of three. The 63 combinations possible in this framework stand for letters, numbers, punctuation marks, and common words like and and the. A Braille code for English was not adopted until 1932. Modifications also exist for other languages, for mathematical and technical material, and for musical notation. Braille may be handwritten--from right to left--using a stylus to press dots into a piece of paper between hinged metal plates; when the sheet is turned over, the dots face up and are read from left to right. Braille typewriters and electric embossing machines are also used.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. a system of writing and printing for the blind, in which characters are represented by patterns of raised dots. --v.tr. print or transcribe in Braille. Etymology: L. Braille, Fr. teacher d. 1852, its inventor

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Braille Braille, n. A system of printing or writing for the blind in which the characters are represented by tangible points or dots. It was invented by Louis Braille, a French teacher of the blind.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Braille is a system of printing for blind people. The letters are printed as groups of raised dots that you can feel with your fingers.

Moby Thesaurus

Boston type, New York point, Optacon, Pathsounder, Seeing Eye dog, Visotoner, cane, embosser, guide dog, high-speed embosser, line letter, noctograph, optophone, personal sonar, sensory aid, sight-saver type, string alphabet, talking book, ultrasonic spectacles, visagraph, writing frame, writing stamps