diacritical

  • 1diacritical — index discriminating (distinguishing), distinctive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 2diacritical — [dī΄ə krit′i kəl] adj. 1. serving to distinguish; distinguishing 2. able to distinguish diacritically adv …

    English World dictionary

  • 3Diacritical — Diacritic 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,… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 4diacritical — also diacritic adjective Etymology: Greek diakritikos separative, from diakrinein to distinguish, from dia + krinein to separate more at certain Date: 1749 1. serving as a diacritic 2. a. distinctive …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 5diacritical — adj. serving as a diacritical mark; distinguishing, distinctive …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 6diacritical — diacritic ► NOUN ▪ a sign, such as an accent, written above or below a letter to indicate a difference in pronunciation from the same letter when unmarked. DERIVATIVES diacritical adjective. ORIGIN Greek diakritikos, from diakrinein distinguish …

    English terms dictionary

  • 7diacritical — adj. & n. adj. distinguishing, distinctive. n. (in full diacritical mark or sign) = DIACRITIC …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 8diacritical sign — diacritical mark, diacritical point, or diacritical sign, a mark placed over, under, or attached to a letter to indicate pronunciation, stress, accent, or other value …

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  • 9diacritical point — diacritical mark, diacritical point, or diacritical sign, a mark placed over, under, or attached to a letter to indicate pronunciation, stress, accent, or other value …

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  • 10diacritical mark — n. any of various marks, as a macron or cedilla, added to a letter or symbol to indicate its pronunciation or to distinguish it in some way * * * …

    Universalium