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syllabic

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Syllabic  \Syl*lab"ic\,  Syllabical  \Syl*lab"ic*al\,  a.  [Gr.  ?: 
  cf  F.  syllabique.] 
  1.  Of  or  pertaining  to  a  syllable  or  syllables;  as  syllabic 
  accent. 
 
  2.  Consisting  of  a  syllable  or  syllables;  as  a  syllabic 
  augment.  ``The  syllabic  stage  of  writing.''  --Earle. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  syllabic 
  adj  1:  of  or  relating  to  syllables;  "syllabic  accent";  "syllabic 
  characters  each  represent  a  syllable" 
  2:  consisting  of  or  using  a  syllabary  or  syllabic  characters; 
  "eskimos  of  the  eastern  Arctic  have  a  system  of  syllabic 
  writing" 
  3:  (of  verse)  having  lines  based  on  number  of  syllables  rather 
  than  on  rhythmical  arrangement  of  stresses  or  quantities 
  [ant:  {accentual},  {quantitative}] 
  4:  consisting  of  a  syllable  or  syllables;  constituting  a 
  syllable  or  the  nucleus  of  a  syllable;  (of  a  consonant 
  sound)  not  accompanied  in  the  same  syllable  by  a  vowel 
  sound;  "the  syllabic  `l'  in  `riddle'  or  the  syllabic  `n' 
  in  `botany'  when  pronounced  `bot-n-y'";  (of  a  vowel  sound) 
  dominating  the  other  vowel  sounds  in  a  syllable  as  being 
  the  first  vowel  in  a  falling  diphthong;  "the  syllabic  `o' 
  in  `oi'"  [ant:  {nonsyllabic}] 
  5:  (phonology)  of  liquids  and  nasals  [syn:  {vocalic}]  [ant:  {consonantal}]




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