diacritic
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əˈkrɪt noun
1.
Also called diacritical mark. a mark, point, or sign added or attached to a letter or character to distinguish it from another of similar form, to give it a particular phonetic value, to indicate stress, etc., as a cedilla, tilde, circumflex, or macron.
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diacritic (ˌdaɪəˈkrɪtɪk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | Also called: diacritical mark a sign placed above or below a character or letter to indicate that it has a different phonetic value, is stressed, or for some other reason |
| —adj | |
| 2. | another word for diacritical |
| [C17: from Greek diakritikos serving to distinguish, from diakrinein, from | |
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diacritic
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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Word Origin & History
diacritic
1690s, from Gk. diakritikos "that separates or distinguishes," from diakrinein "to separate." Related: Diacritical.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
diacritic di·a·crit·ic (dī'ə-krĭt'ĭk) or di·a·crit·i·cal (-ĭ-kəl)
adj.
Diagnostic or distinctive.
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Example sentences
For the transcription task, if any diacritic information is present in the reference and system transcripts, it is removed.
Look for differences in diacritic marks and spacing.
When the rhythmic divided time is spread over several syllables, the accentuated note is topped with an acute diacritic.
We'd quickly have to hire a full-time diacritic researcher to get every mark on every other of the world's languages.
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