Associations to the word «Diacritical»

DIACRITICAL, adjective. Capable of distinguishing or of making a distinction.

DIACRITICAL, adjective. Of, pertaining to, or serving as a diacritic

DIACRITICAL, noun. Diacritic (mark)

DIACRITICAL HOOK, noun. Any specific, hamiform diacritic; variously:

DIACRITICAL HOOK, noun. An ogonek (˛).

DIACRITICAL HOOK, noun. A retroflex hook (̢).

DIACRITICAL HOOK, noun. A cedilla (¸).

DIACRITICAL HOOK, noun. Other similar diacritics

DIACRITICAL HOOKS, noun. Plural of diacritical hook

DIACRITICAL MARK, noun. (orthography) (typography) A symbol in writing used with a letter to indicate a different pronunciation, stress, tone, or meaning, also called "tone marks" when used to indicate tones, e.g. in Vietnamese or pinyin (romanised Mandarin Chinese).

DIACRITICAL MARKS, noun. Plural of diacritical mark

DIACRITICAL, adjective. Capable of distinguishing; "students having superior diacritic powers"; "the diacritic elements in culture"- S.F.Nadel.