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smooth breathing definition

smooth breathing

  1. in written Greek, the mark (') placed over an initial vowel to show that in ancient Greek it was pronounced without a preceding (h) sound, or aspirate
  2. the lack of aspiration thus indicated

Etymology: transl. of L spiritus lenis

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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