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US 5,055,049 AGranted
Word listing system
OwnerPeter B. Kasraviinventor
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Abstract
A word listing system adapted to be complied into an electronic or print dictionary or compendium wherein the words are arranged in columns. There is a vertical guide column which indexes words arranged horizontally in said columns by corresponding letters alphabetically arranged therein. Said words may extend horizontally on either side of said column, end or begin with the letter in said guide columns. Each word in said list is reproduced at least twice in said compendium.
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A word listing system wherein each word therein is located in more than one place in said listing, said system including:
- a plurality of vertical columns of words, wherein each word is arranged on a horizontal plane and each letter of each word is arranged in vertical character rows and each row is vertically arranged whereby one character may be above another;
- a vertical aligned guide column for each plurality of vertical columns of words, said guide column includes the same letter of each word successively displayed in said column no matter where in the horizontal word listed that particular letter appears, wherein said letters appearing in said guide column are alphabetically arranged and additional letters of said horizontal word may appear on either side of said guide column.
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