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| diaeresis | |
| 1. n. (orthography) A diacritic ( ยจ) placed over a vowel letter (especially the second of two consecutive ones) indicating that it is sounded separately, usually forming a distinct syllable, as in the Engli |  |
| 2. n. (linguistics, prosody) The separation of a vowel, often a diphthong, into two distinct syllables. | |
| 3. n. (prosody) A natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot, in a line of verse. | |
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