diaeresis

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Synonyms: dieresis, diaereses, diaresis, diegesis, diacrisis, diagenesis, diapyesis, exaeresis, diathesis, diuresis, diapedesis

Antonyms: dieresis, diaereses, diaresis, diegesis, diacrisis, diagenesis, diapyesis, exaeresis, diathesis, diuresis, diapedesis

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|linguistics|prosody}}
2. {{senseid|en|diacritic}}{{lb|en|orthography}} The [[diacritical mark]] [[consist]]ing of two [[dot#Noun|dots]] ([[◌̈|¨]]) [[place#Verb|placed]] over a [[letter#Noun|letter]] (especially the [[second#Adjective|second]] of two [[consecutive#Adjective|consecutive]] vowels) to [[indicate]] that it is [[sound#Verb|sounded]] [[separately]], usually as a distinct syllable.
3. {{lb|en|figurative|rhetoric|rare}} A [[division]], a separation.
4. {{lb|en|prosody}} A [[natural#Adjective|natural]] [[break#Noun|break]] in [[rhythm]] when a [[word#Noun|word]] ends at the [[end#Noun|end]] of a [[metrical foot]] in a [[line#Noun|line]] of [[verse#Noun|verse]].
5. {{lb|en|surgery|archaic}} An [[act#Noun|act]] of [[separate#Verb|separating]] [[body part]]s or [[tissue#Noun|tissues]] which are [[normally]] together.

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