compound stress
1Compound empowerment — refers to the way in which public infrastructure is used to radically increase the accumulation of private wealth. The term denotes how common wealth tax supported resources such as public education, financial and legal infrastructure, etc. is… …
2compound — compound1 [käm pound′, käm′pound΄; kəm pound′; ] for adj.usually & for n.always [, käm′pound΄] vt. [ME compounen < OFr compon(d)re, to arrange, direct < L componere, to put together: see COMPOSITE] 1. to mix or combine 2. to make by… …
3compound — is pronounced with stress on the first syllable as a noun and on the second as a verb. To compound a felony in law is to condone it in exchange for some consideration, and does not mean ‘to make (it) worse’. Note also that compound meaning ‘a… …
4Stress (biology) — This article is about the concept of stress in relation to biology. . For the concept of stress in physics and mechanics, see Stress (mechanics). Stress is a term in psychology and biology, borrowed from physics and engineering and first used in… …
5Compound verb — In linguistics, a compound verb or complex predicate is a multi word compound that acts as a single verb. One component of the compound is a light verb or vector, which carries any inflections, indicating tense, mood, or aspect, but provides only …
6compound — I. adjective /ˈkɒmpaʊnd / (say kompownd) 1. composed of two or more parts, elements, or ingredients, or involving two or more actions, functions, etc.; composite. 2. Grammar (of a word) consisting of two or more parts which are also words,… …
7English compound — A compound is a word composed of more than one free morpheme.English compounds may be classified in several ways, such as the word classes or the semantic relationship of their components.Compound nounsMost English compound nouns are noun phrases …
8Initial-stress-derived noun — Initial stress derivation is a phonological process in English, wherein stress is moved to the first syllable of any of several dozen verbs when they become nouns or adjectives. This is called a suprafix in linguistics. It is gradually becoming… …
9Cardiac stress test — Not to be confused with Cardiac arrest. Cardiac stress test Intervention A male patient walks on a stress test treadmill to have his heart s function checked ICD 9 CM …
10Secondary stress — is the weaker of two degrees of stress in the pronunciation of a word; the stronger degree of stress is called primary . The symbol for secondary stress is a short vertical line preceding and at the foot of the stressed syllable: IPA|… …
