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di·a·crit·ic 
[dahy-uh-krit-ik] Pronunciation Key
[dahy-uh-krit-ik] Pronunciation Key –noun
–adjective
| 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. |
| 2. | diacritical. |
| 3. | diagnostic. |
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| diacritical mark | |
noun | |
| a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation |
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