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- noun The practice of
adding up thenumerical values of theletters in aword to form a single number.
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From Koine Greek ἰσοψηφία (isopsēphia), from ἴσος (isos, "equal") and ψῆφος (psēphos, "pebble"). The early Greeks used pebbles arranged in patterns to learn arithmetic and geometry.
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The Greek word for the practice of adding up the number values of the letters in a word to form a single number. See gematria, abjad, ilm al-jafr, ilm al-huruuf.
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October 18, 2009