n. (Physics) The science of light; -- a general term sometimes employed when optics is restricted to light as a producing vision. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. A method of teaching reading and spelling to beginning students, emphasizing the sound values of individual letters and syllables, and the relationship between pronunciation and spelling. Contrasted to whole language method and sentence method. [ PJC ]
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2. A method of teaching reading and spelling to beginning students, emphasizing the sound values of individual letters and syllables, and the relationship between pronunciation and spelling. Contrasted to whole language method and sentence method. [ PJC ]