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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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diacritical mark
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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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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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