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diacritical Definition

dia·criti·cal (-i kəl)

adjective

  1. serving to distinguish; distinguishing
  2. able to distinguish

diacritical Related Forms
di′a·criti·cally adverb
diacritical Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • mark: There are, for example, a variety of problems with diacritical marks.
  • sign: Diacritical signs are inserted before the letter to which they should be applied.
  • point: These inscriptions usually retain their diacritical points making them fairly easy to read.
  • symbol: Czech headings and titles are presented as graphics, with all the diacritical symbols in place.
  • structure: Merleau-Ponty endorses the notion of the diacritical structure of language, thereby accepting and incorporating one of the Saussurian ideas but not the other.

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