- diacritic, diacritical
- Distinguishing; diagnostic; allowing of distinction. [G. diakritikos, able to distinguish]
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diacritical mark — noun a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation • Syn: ↑diacritic • Derivationally related forms: ↑diacritic (for: ↑diacritic), ↑diacritical (for: ↑diacritic) … Useful english dictionary
diacritic — diakritinis ženklas statusas T sritis informatika apibrėžtis Ženklelis virš raidės, po raide, greta jos arba ant jos, tą raidę paverčiantis kita raide. Pavyzdžiui, diakritinis ↑paukščiukas, uždėtas virš S raidės paverčia ją Š raide. Kai kurie… … Enciklopedinis kompiuterijos žodynas
diacritical mark — diakritinis ženklas statusas T sritis informatika apibrėžtis Ženklelis virš raidės, po raide, greta jos arba ant jos, tą raidę paverčiantis kita raide. Pavyzdžiui, diakritinis ↑paukščiukas, uždėtas virš S raidės paverčia ją Š raide. Kai kurie… … Enciklopedinis kompiuterijos žodynas
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, or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
diacritic — [dī΄ə krit′ik] adj. [Gr diakritikos < diakrinein, to distinguish < dia , across + krinein, to discern: see CRISIS] DIACRITICAL n. a diacritical mark … English World dictionary
Diacritical — 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
diacritic — 1690s, of sounds, from Gk. diakritikos that separates or distinguishes, from diakrinein to separate one from another, from dia (see DIA (Cf. dia )) + krinein to separate, decide, judge (see CRISIS (Cf. crisis)). As a noun, from 1866. Related:… … Etymology dictionary
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
diacritical — 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
Diacritic — For the academic journal, see Diacritics (journal). The letter a with acute Diacritical marks … Wikipedia
