transsegmental

seg·men·tal

[seg-men-tl]
adjective
1.
of, pertaining to, or characterized by segments or segmentation.
2.
Linguistics. noting or pertaining to the discrete elements of sequential speech, as consonants and vowels.

Origin:
1810–20; segment + -al1

seg·men·tal·ly, adverb
in·ter·seg·men·tal, adjective
mul·ti·seg·men·tal, adjective
non·seg·men·tal, adjective
non·seg·men·tal·ly, adverb
trans·seg·men·tal, adjective
trans·seg·men·tal·ly, adverb
un·seg·men·tal, adjective
un·seg·men·tal·ly, adverb
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Transsegmental is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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segmental (sɛɡˈmɛntəl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  of, like, or having the form of a segment
2.  divided into segments
3.  linguistics of, relating to, or constituting an isolable speech sound
 
segmentally
 
adv

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