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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: diacritic adj : capable of distinguishing; "students having superior diacritic powers"; "the diacritic elements in culture"- S.F.Nadel [syn: {diacritical}] n : a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation [syn: {diacritical mark}]
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