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Definition of Accent mark
1. Noun. A diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation.
Category relationships: Language, Linguistic Communication
Generic synonyms: Diacritic, Diacritical Mark
Specialized synonyms: Stress Mark, Acute, Acute Accent, Ague, Grave, Grave Accent
Derivative terms: Accentual, Accentuate
Definition of Accent mark
1. Noun. (context: linguistics) A mark or character used in writing, in order to indicate the place of the spoken accent, or to indicate the nature or quality of the vowel marked. ¹
2. Noun. (context: music) A mark used to represent specific stress on a note. ¹
3. Noun. (context: music) A mark placed after a letter designating a note of music to indicate the octave in which it occurs. ¹
4. Noun. (context: mathematics) A mark placed at the right hand of a letter, and a little above it, to distinguish magnitudes of a similar kind expressed by the same letter, but differing in value, as '''y'''', '''y
5. Noun. (context: geometry) A mark at the right hand of a number, indicating minutes of a degree, seconds, etc., as in '''12' 27
6. Noun. (context: engineering) A mark used to denote feet and inches, as in '''6' 10
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Accent Mark
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