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Aphesis :: Aphesis (n.) The loss of a short unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word; -- the result of a phonetic process; as, squire for esquire..

Thesis :: Thesis (n.) The accented part of the measure, expressed by the downward beat; -- the opposite of arsis..

Font :: Font (n.) A complete assortment of printing type of one size, including a due proportion of all the letters in the alphabet, large and small, points, accents, and whatever else is necessary for printing with that variety of types; a fount..

Accentuality :: Accentuality (n.) The quality of being accentual.

Oxytone :: Oxytone (n.) A word having the acute accent on the last syllable.

Broad :: Broad (superl.) Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent..

Mazurka :: Mazurka (n.) A Polish dance, or the music which accompanies it, usually in 3-4 or 3-8 measure, with a strong accent on the second beat..

Accentuated :: Accentuated (imp. & p. p.) of Accentuat.

Accentor :: Accentor (n.) A genus of European birds (so named from their sweet notes), including the hedge warbler. In America sometimes applied to the water thrushes..

Atonic :: Atonic (a.) Unaccented; as, an atonic syllable..

Iambus :: Iambus (n.) A foot consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, as in /mans, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one, as invent; an iambic. See the Couplet under Iambic, n..

Accenting :: Accenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Accen.

Staccato :: Staccato (a.) Disconnected; separated; distinct; -- a direction to perform the notes of a passage in a short, distinct, and pointed manner. It is opposed to legato, and often indicated by heavy accents written over or under the notes, or by dots when the performance is to be less distinct and emphatic..

Circumflect :: Circumflect (v. t.) To mark with the circumflex accent, as a vowel..

Rhythm :: Rhythm (n.) In the widest sense, a dividing into short portions by a regular succession of motions, impulses, sounds, accents, etc., producing an agreeable effect, as in music poetry, the dance, or the like..

Paroxytone :: Paroxytone (a.) A word having an acute accent on the penultimate syllable.

Accentuate :: Accentuate (v. t.) To mark with the written accent.

Accentually :: Accentually (adv.) In an accentual manner; in accordance with accent.

Trochee :: Trochee (n.) A foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short, as in the Latin word ante, or the first accented and the second unaccented, as in the English word motion; a choreus..

Accent :: Accent (n.) Modulation of the voice in speaking; manner of speaking or pronouncing; peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice; tone; as, a foreign accent; a French or a German accent..

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