About The Word Diacritic
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Diacritic
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What's The Definition Of Diacritic?
[n] a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation
[adj] capable of distinguishing; "students having superior diacritic powers"; "the diacritic elements in culture"- S.F.Nadel Synonyms | Synonyms for Diacritic: diacritical | diacritical mark | discriminating Related Terms | Find terms related to Diacritic: See Also | accent | accent mark | breve | cedilla | circumflex | diaeresis | dieresis | hacek | macron | mark | tilde | umlaut | wedge Diacritic In Webster's Dictionary \Di`a*crit"ic\, Diacritical \Di`a*crit"ic*al\, a. [Gr.
?, fr. ? to separate, distinguish; dia` through + ? to
separate. See {Critic}.]
That separates or distinguishes; -- applied to points or
marks used to distinguish letters of similar form, or
different sounds of the same letter, as, [=a], [a^], ["a],
[=o], [o^], etc. ``Diacritical points.'' --Sir W. Jones.
A glance at this typography will reveal great
difficulties, which diacritical marks necessarily throw
in the way of both printer and writer. --A. J. Ellis.
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