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First attested in 1938; formed as homo- (“same”) + glyph after homograph.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A character identical or nearly identical in appearance to another, but which differs in the meaning it represents; thus, in character encoding terms, a character with an identical or near-identical glyph, or the glyph itself. Full definition →
First attested in 1938; formed as homo- (“same”) + glyph after homograph.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.