accentuality (aksentualiti)

The quality of being accentual. centual manner; with regard to accent. accentuate (ak-sen'tū-at), v. t.; pret. and pp. accentuated, ppr. accentuating. [ F. accentuer = Sp. acentuar =Pg. accentuar = It. accentuare), in next, and so on. 9. In math. and mech.: (a) In all literal nota tion, a mark like an acute accent placed after a letter in order that it may, without confusion, be used to represent different quantities. In this way abc, a'bc', a'b'c", etc., may stand for magnitudes as different in value as those which, but for the use of the accents, must be represented by different letters. Letters so marked are read thus: a prime or first ( a ' ), a second ( a " ), a third ( a " ), etc. (b) In geom.and trigon., a mark at the right hand of a number indicating minutes of a degree, two such marks indicating seconds: as, 20°10′ 30′′ = 20 degrees, 10 minutes, 30 seconds. (c) In mensur. and eng in., a mark at the right hand of a number used to denote feet, inches, and lines; thus, 3'6"7"" =3 feet, 6 inches, 7 lines. (d) In plans and drawings, a mark similarly used after repeated letters or figures, to indicate related or corresponding parts, and read as in algebra. See above, ( a ). = Syn. See emphasis and inflection. accent (ak-sent'), v. t. [F. acc enter = It. ac centare; from the noun. Cf.accentuate.] 1. To expre the accent of; pronounce or utter with a particular stre or modulation of the voice: as, to accent a word properly.-2. To give expre ion to; utter. Congeal'd with grief, can scarce implore Strength to accent , Here my Albert us lies. W. Wotton . 3. To mark with a written accent or accents: as, to accent a word in order to indicate its pronunciation.-4. To emphasize; dwell upon; accentuate (which see). - Accented letter, in printing , a letter marked with an accent. See accent , n ., 3. - Accented parts of a bar, in music , those parts of the bar on which the stre falls, as the first and third parts of the bar in common time. accentor (ak-sen'tor), n. [LL., one who sings with another, accinere , sing to or with, Hedge-sparrow ( Accentor modular is). ad, to, + canere, sing.] 1. In music, one who sings the leading part.-2. [F. accent eur.] In ornith.: (a) [ cap.] A genus of pa erine birds, family Sylviida, subfamily Accentor in a. A. mod ularis is the European hedge-sparrow, hedge-warbler, shuffle-wing, or dunnock. Bechstein, 1802. See hedge sparrow. (b) A name sometimes applied to the golden-crowned thrush or oven-bird, Siurus auric a pill us, a well-known pa erine bird of the United States, of the family Sylvicolida. Coues. an accent or accents on.-2. To lay stre upon; emphasize; give prominence to; mark as of importance: as, he accentuated the views of the party on this question. Still more to accentuate this effusive welcome to a Turkish official in Turkish waters. Fortnightly Rev. , Oct. 13, 1883, p. 69. accentuated (ak-sen'tu-ā-ted), p. a. Strongly marked; strong; prominent; very distinct: as, accentuated features; an accentuated fault of manner. The diagnostic value of an accentuated cardiac second sound. Edin. Med. Jour., June, 1863.