WebA refreshable braille display or braille terminal is an electro-mechanical device for displaying braille characters, usually by means of round-tipped pins raised through holes in a flat surface. Visually impaired computer users who cannot use a standard computer monitor can use it to read text output. Deafblind computer users may also use refreshable …

WebIn Italian there is no phonemic distinction between long and short vowels, but vowels in stressed open syllables, unless word-final, are long at the end of the intonational phrase (including isolated words) or when emphasized. Adjacent identical vowels found at morpheme boundaries are not resyllabified, but pronounced separately ("quickly …

WebIn musical terminology, tempo (Italian, 'time'; plural tempos, or tempi from the Italian plural) is the speed or pace of a given piece.In classical music, tempo is typically indicated with an instruction at the start of a piece (often using conventional Italian terms) and is usually measured in beats per minute (or bpm). In modern classical compositions, a "metronome …

WebInuktitut (/ ɪ ˈ n ʊ k t ɪ t ʊ t /; Inuktitut: [inuktiˈtut], syllabics ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ; from inuk, "person" + -titut, "like", "in the manner of"), also Eastern Canadian Inuktitut, is one of the principal Inuit languages of Canada. It is spoken in all areas north of the tree line [clarification needed], including parts of the provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, to some ...

WebEsperanto is written in a Latin-script alphabet of twenty-eight letters, with upper and lower case. This is supplemented by punctuation marks and by various logograms, such as the digits 0–9, currency signs such as $ € ¥ £ ₷, and mathematical symbols.The creator of Esperanto, L. L. Zamenhof, declared a principle of "one letter, one sound", though this …

WebItalian orthography (writing) uses a variant of the Latin alphabet consisting of 21 letters to write the Italian language.This article focuses on the writing of Standard Italian, based historically on the Florentine dialect.. Italian orthography is very regular and has an almost one-to-one correspondence between letters or sequences of letters and sounds or …

WebThe lira (/ ˈ l ɪər ə /; plural lire) was the currency of Italy between 1861 and 2002. It was first introduced by the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy in 1807 at par with the French franc, and was subsequently adopted by the different states that would eventually form the Kingdom of Italy in 1861. It was subdivided into 100 centesimi (singular: centesimo), which means …

WebBraille (Pronounced: / ˈ b r eɪ l / BRAYL) is a tactile writing system used by people who are visually impaired, including people who are blind, deafblind or who have low vision.It can be read either on embossed paper or by using refreshable braille displays that connect to computers and smartphone devices. Braille can be written using a slate and stylus, a …

WebKathryn D. Sullivan (born 1951) is an American geologist and oceanographer, and a former government official and NASA astronaut, who flew on three Space Shuttle missions. Sullivan was one of six women selected in NASA Astronaut Group 8, the first group to include women.During her first mission, STS-41-G, Sullivan performed the first spacewalk by an …

WebMaltese (Maltese: Malti, also L-Ilsien Malti or Lingwa Maltija), is a Semitic language derived from late medieval Sicilian Arabic with Romance superstrata spoken by the Maltese people.It is the national language of Malta and the only official Semitic and Afro-Asiatic language of the European Union.Maltese is a latinised variety of spoken historical Arabic …

WebDi seguito viene riportata una lista di caratteri speciali utilizzabili in Wikipedia, ordinati per argomento, in tabelle che indicano i corrispondenti codici HTML, Unicode e, quando sono definiti, i codici TeX.Tale lista, che tenta di essere il più esaustiva possibile, può anche servire come veloce riscontro della corretta visualizzazione dei caratteri Unicode sul …

WebThai, or Central Thai (historically Siamese; Thai: ภาษาไทย), is a Tai language of the Kra–Dai language family spoken by the Central Thai people and a vast majority of Thai Chinese.It is the sole official language of Thailand.. Thai is the most spoken of over 60 languages of Thailand by both number of native and overall speakers. Over half of its vocabulary is …

WebUno [] (/ ˈ uː n oʊ /; from Spanish and Italian for 'one'; stylized as UNO) is an American shedding-type card game that is played with a specially printed deck.The game's general principles put it into the crazy eights family of card games, and it is similar to the traditional European game mau-mau.. It has been a Mattel brand since 1992.

WebEtymology. The name Louis (through the intermediate form Clovis) derives from the Frankish name ᚺᛚᛟᛞᛟᚹᛁᚷ (in runic alphabet) or *Hlōdowik or *Hlōdowig (in Latin alphabet).Traditionally, this name is considered to be composed of two elements, deriving from both Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz ("loud, famous") and *wiganą ("to battle, to fight") respectively, …