Found 3 items, similar to Diacritic.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: diacritic
diakritik, tanda pengenal
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: diacritic
diacritic
adj : capable of distinguishing;
“students having superior
diacritic powers”;
“the diacritic elements in culture”-
S.F.Nadel [syn:
diacritical]
diacritic
n : a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation
[syn:
diacritical mark]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Diacritic
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
different sounds of the same letter, as, [=a], [a^], ["a],
[=o], [o^], etc.
“Diacritical points.” --Sir W. Jones.
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A glance at this typography will reveal great
difficulties, which diacritical marks necessarily throw
in the way of both printer and writer. --A. J. Ellis.
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