Ps is a digraph for an initial sound IPA|/s/ in words of Greek origin such as "psyche." When not initial, it is pronounced IPA|/ps/, as in "ellipse."
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Digraph (Linguistik) — Digraph bezeichnet in der Graphematik zwei Buchstaben, die für eine Lautung stehen. Für mehr als zwei Buchstaben verwendet man griechische Zahlwörter als Präfixe, zum Beispiel Trigraph oder Tetragraph. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Begriffsbestimmung 2… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Digraph — steht für: Digraph (Linguistik), eine Kombination von zwei Buchstaben, die für ein Phonem, eine Silbe oder ein Morphem stehen Digraph (Informatik), eine Kombination aus zwei Zeichen für ein im verwendeten Zeichensatz nicht verfügbares… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Digraph — may refer to: Digraph (orthography), a pair of characters used together to represent a single sound, such as sh in English Typographical ligature, the joining of two letters as a single glyph, such as æ Digraph (computing), a two character… … Wikipedia
Digraph — Di graph, n. [Gr. di = di s twice + ? a writing, ? to write.] Two signs or characters combined to express a single articulated sound; as ea in head, or th in bath. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
digraph — 1788, in linguistics, from Gk. di twice (see DI (Cf. di ) (1)) + graphe writing (see GRAPHY (Cf. graphy)). In mathematics, from 1955, a contraction of directed graph … Etymology dictionary
digraph — is a combination of two letters which together represent a single speech sound, e.g. dg in judge and ea in head. Certain digraphs are printed as ligatures, in which the two letters are joined, e.g. æ … Modern English usage
digraph — ► NOUN ▪ a combination of two letters representing one sound, as in ph … English terms dictionary
digraph — [dī′graf΄] n. [ DI 1 + GRAPH] a combination of two letters functioning as a unit to represent one sound (Ex.: r ea d, br ea d, ch in, gra ph ic) digraphic adj. digraphically adv … English World dictionary
Digraph (orthography) — For other uses, see Digraph (disambiguation). In Welsh, the digraph ⟨Ll⟩, ⟨ll⟩ fused for a time into a ligature. Further information: list of Latin digraphs and list of Cyrillic digraphs A digraph or digram (from the Greek: δίς dís… … Wikipedia
Digraph (mathematics) — A directed graph or digraph G is an ordered pair G := (V, A) with * V is a set, whose elements are called vertices or nodes, * A is a set of ordered pairs of vertices, called directed edges, arcs, or arrows.It differs from an ordinary, undirected … Wikipedia
Digraph (Informatik) — Als Digraph bezeichnet man in der Informatik eine Kombination aus zwei Zeichen, welche als Ersatz für ein einzelnes Zeichen stehen, welches nicht im verwendeten Zeichensatz zur Verfügung steht. Verschiedene Programmiersprachen machen hiervon… … Deutsch Wikipedia
