Boustrophedonic

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Boustrophedonic \Bou*stroph`e*don"ic\, a.
     Relating to the boustrophedon made of writing.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  boustrophedonic
       adj : of or relating to writing alternate lines in opposite
             directions

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [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)