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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Boustrophedonic \Bou*stroph`e*don"ic\, a. Relating to the boustrophedon made of writing. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: boustrophedonic adj : of or relating to writing alternate lines in opposite directions From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: boustrophedonic(From the Greek "boustrophe-don": turning like oxen in plowing; from "bous": ox cow; "strephein": to turn) An ancient method of writing using alternate left-to-right and right-to-left lines. It used for an optimisation performed by some computer typesetting software and moving-head printers to reduce physical movement of the print head. The adverbial form "boustrophedonically" is also found (1994-11-29)
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