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1. (n.) boustrophedon
a method of writing in which the lines run alternately from right to left and from left to right.
Etymology: (1775–85; < Gk boustrophēdón lit., like ox-turning (in plowing) =boûs ox +-strophē (see strophe ))
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) boustrophedon
an ancient writing system: having alternate lines written in opposite directions; literally `as the ox ploughs'
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1. (noun) boustrophedon
an ancient mode of writing, in alternate directions, one line from left to right, and the next from right to left (as fields are plowed), as in early Greek and Hittite
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The New Hacker's Dictionary |
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1. boustrophedon
[from a Greek word for turning like an ox while plowing] An ancient
method of writing using alternate left-to-right and right-to-left lines.
This term is actually philologists' techspeak and typesetters' jargon.
Erudite hackers use it for an optimization performed by some computer
typesetting software and moving-head printers. The adverbial form
‘boustrophedonically’ is also found (hackers purely love
constructions like this).
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