Explore Boustrophedon through 2 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like orthography. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Boustrophedon in a sentence
Boustrophedon meaning
Text written such that its direction alternates on each line, resulting in a continuous stream of characters spanning multiple lines; frequently also involving the corresponding alternation of letter directionality using mirrored letters, indicating the direction of the text at any given point.
Synonyms of Boustrophedon
Using Boustrophedon
- The main meaning on this page is: Text written such that its direction alternates on each line, resulting in a continuous stream of characters spanning multiple lines; frequently also involving the corresponding alternation of letter directionality using mirrored letters, indicating the direction of the text at any given point.
- Useful related words include: orthography, writing system.
Context around Boustrophedon
- Average sentence length in these examples: 30 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Boustrophedon
- In this selection, "boustrophedon" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 30 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include follows a boustrophedon ox plow and writing is boustrophedon which means. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "boustrophedon" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with boustrophedon
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The technical term for that last type of writing is ' boustrophedon ', which means literally 'ox-turning' for the way a farmer drives an ox to plough his fields. (28 words)
Tokens follow a fixed route marked on the gameboard which usually follows a boustrophedon (ox-plow) track from the bottom to the top of the playing area, passing once through every square. (32 words)
Tokens follow a fixed route marked on the gameboard which usually follows a boustrophedon (ox-plow) track from the bottom to the top of the playing area, passing once through every square. (32 words)
The technical term for that last type of writing is ' boustrophedon ', which means literally 'ox-turning' for the way a farmer drives an ox to plough his fields. (28 words)
Example sentences (2)
The technical term for that last type of writing is ' boustrophedon ', which means literally 'ox-turning' for the way a farmer drives an ox to plough his fields.
Tokens follow a fixed route marked on the gameboard which usually follows a boustrophedon (ox-plow) track from the bottom to the top of the playing area, passing once through every square.