Alphanumeric Definition

ălfə-no͝o-mĕrĭk, -nyo͝o-
adjective
Consisting of both letters and numbers.
American Heritage
Having or using both alphabetical and numerical symbols.
Webster's New World
Consisting of or using letters, numbers, punctuation marks, and mathematical and other conventional symbols.
An alphanumeric code.
American Heritage

Consisting of, or limited to, letters and/or numbers, especially the characters A to Z (lowercase and uppercase) and 0 to 9

Wiktionary

Consisting of these characters plus punctuation and other special characters.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
noun

An alphanumeric character.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Alphanumeric

Noun

Singular:
alphanumeric
Plural:
alphanumerics

Origin of Alphanumeric

  • alpha(betic) numeric(al)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • alpha(betic) + numeric

    From Wiktionary

Alphanumeric Sentence Examples

  • You will need to omit any spaces or characters which are not alphanumeric.

  • The entry name consists of | uppercase alphanumeric characters.

  • This code was alphanumeric, containing a single letter and a single number that indicated the year the watch was manufactured.

  • Unlike some other regular expression languages, there are no backslashed symbols that are n't alphanumeric.

  • Files produced by word processors use non alphanumeric characters to indicate formatting information such as the size and shape of text.

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Words Starting With

AALALP

Words Ending With

CICRIC

Unscrambles

alphanumeric

Words Starting With A and Ending With C

Starts With A & Ends With CStarts With AL & Ends With CStarts With A & Ends With IC

Word Length

12 Letter Words12 Letter Words Starting With A12 Letter Words Ending With C