accent mark

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Synonyms: scent mark, accent marks

Antonyms: scent mark, accent marks

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|diacritical mark for stress or vowel quality}} {{lb|en|linguistics|strictly}} A [[diacritical mark]] or [[character]] used in writing to indicate the place of [[stress#Noun|stress]] (spoken [[accent]]), or to indicate the nature or quality of the [[vowel]] marked (such as [[long vowel]] versus [[short vowel]]).
2. {{senseid|en|any diacritical mark}} {{lb|en|linguistics|loosely}} Any [[diacritical mark]].
3. {{senseid|en|mark in music notation for stress}} {{lb|en|music}} A mark used to represent specific stress on a note.
4. {{senseid|en|mark in music notation for octave}} {{lb|en|music}} A mark placed after a letter designating a note of music to indicate the [[octave]] in which it occurs.
5. {{senseid|en|prime symbol in mathematics}} {{lb|en|mathematics}} A [[prime]] symbol.

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