alphanumeric
adjective
al·pha·nu·mer·ic
| \ -nu̇-ˈmer-ik
, -nyu̇-\
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variants:
or less commonly alphanumerical \ -i-kəl
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Definition of alphanumeric
1
: consisting of both letters and numbers and often other symbols (such as punctuation marks and mathematical symbols)
an alphanumeric code
also
: being a character in an alphanumeric system
2
: capable of using or displaying alphanumeric characters
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Other Words from alphanumeric
alphanumerically
\ -i-k(ə-)lē
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adverb
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adverb
alphanumerics
\ -iks
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plural noun
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plural noun
Examples of alphanumeric in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Password: lovedogs Error: Password must contain at least nine alphanumeric characters, including one number. — Claire Friedman, The New Yorker, "This Password Is Invalid," 15 July 2019 These services make the process of dealing with cryptocurrencies less about long alphanumeric addresses and QR codes to something more like Venmo or a banking app. — Alexander George, Popular Mechanics, "Crypto Exchange Founder's Untimely Death Leaves $190 Million Locked Away in Limbo," 4 Feb. 2019 Digital currency addresses are alphanumeric identifiers, which are linked to online wallets. — Samuel Rubenfeld, WSJ, "U.S. Treasury Adds Digital Currency to Means of Identifying Sanctions Targets," 28 Nov. 2018 For example, the ASCII encoding scheme uses a seven-bit string to represent alphanumeric characters. — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, "Inventor says Google is patenting work he put in the public domain," 10 June 2018 The first is a decentralized database that maps people’s phone numbers to public encryption keys, alphanumeric strings required for transacting in cryptocurrency. — Robert Hackett, Fortune, "Ex-GoDaddy Execs Raise $6.5 Million for Cheap, Android Phone-Friendly Blockchain," 22 June 2018 Unionized health care coders, who assign alphanumeric codes to medical procedures and services for billing purposes, earn about $30 per hour to start, according to the union. — Taryn Luna, sacbee, "Want to break into the health care field? Jerry Brown has a way | The Sacramento Bee," 27 Apr. 2018 One by one, White's dummy files are encrypted, rendering them into inaccessible, alphanumeric gobbledygook. — Robert Hackett, Fortune, "Data Sheet—Saturday, July 8, 2017," 8 July 2017 One by one, White's dummy files are encrypted, rendering them into inaccessible, alphanumeric gobbledygook. — Robert Hackett, Fortune, "Data Sheet—Saturday, July 8, 2017," 8 July 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'alphanumeric.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for alphanumeric
alphanumeric
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of alphanumeric
: having or using letters and numbers
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