About The Word Inscription
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Inscription
| Inscription Definition And Meaning |
What's The Definition Of Inscription?
[n] the activity of inscribing (especially carving or engraving) letters or words
[n] letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something
[n] a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something
Synonyms | Synonyms for Inscription: dedication |
lettering
Related Terms | Find terms related to Inscription: acknowledgments |
arch |
back |
back matter |
barrow |
bastard title |
bibliography |
booking |
boundary stone |
brass |
burr |
bust |
cairn |
cataloging |
catch line |
catchword |
cenotaph |
chiseling |
chronicling |
colophon |
column |
contents |
contents page |
copyright page |
coup de plume |
cromlech |
cross |
cross-hatching |
cryptography |
cup |
cyclolith |
dedication |
demitint |
device |
dolmen |
endleaf |
endpaper |
endsheet |
engravement |
engraving |
engrossment |
enlistment |
enrollment |
entering |
entry |
epigraph |
epitaph |
epithet |
errata |
etch |
etching |
flyleaf |
folio |
footstone |
fore edge |
foreword |
front matter |
gem-engraving |
glass-cutting |
glyptic |
grave |
gravestone |
graving |
half tint |
half-title page |
hatching |
head |
headstone |
hic jacet |
hoarstone |
impanelment |
imprint |
incision |
index |
indexing |
initialing |
ink spilling |
inkslinging |
inscribing |
inscript |
insertion |
introduction |
inventorying |
leaf |
lettering |
line |
lining |
listing |
logging |
macrography |
makeup |
marker |
marking |
matriculation |
mausoleum |
megalith |
memento |
memorial |
memorial arch |
memorial column |
memorial statue |
memorial stone |
menhir |
micrography |
monolith |
monument |
motto |
mound |
necrology |
obelisk |
obituary |
page |
pen |
pen-and-ink |
pencil driving |
pillar |
plaque |
posting |
preface |
preliminaries |
prize |
pyramid |
record keeping |
recordation |
recording |
recto |
register |
registration |
registry |
reliquary |
remembrance |
reverso |
ribbon |
rostral column |
running title |
score |
scoring |
scratch |
scratching |
scrivenery |
scrivening |
secret writing |
shaft |
shrine |
signature |
slash |
slashing |
slogan |
stela |
stipple |
stippling |
stone |
stupa |
subtitle |
table of contents |
tablet |
tabulation |
tag line |
tail |
testimonial |
text |
tint |
title |
title page |
tomb |
tombstone |
tombstone marking |
tooling |
tope |
transcription |
transliteration |
trim size |
trophy |
type page |
type-cutting |
typewriting |
typing |
verso |
watchword |
writing
See Also | committal to writing |
epigraph |
epitaph |
message |
piece of writing |
Rosetta stone |
superscription |
superscription |
writing |
writing |
written material
Inscription In Webster's Dictionary
\In*scrip"tion\, n. [L. inscriptio, fr. inscribere,
inscriptum, to inscribe: cf. F. inscription. See {Inscribe}.]
1. The act or process of inscribing.
2. That which is inscribed; something written or engraved;
especially, a word or words written or engraved on a solid
substance for preservation or public inspection; as,
inscriptions on monuments, pillars, coins, medals, etc.
3. (Anat.) A line of division or intersection; as, the
tendinous inscriptions, or intersections, of a muscle.
4. An address, consignment, or informal dedication, as of a
book to a person, as a mark of respect or an invitation of
patronage.
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