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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation;
[syn: diacritical mark, diacritic]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. capable of distinguishing;
- Example: "students having superior diacritic powers"
- Example: "the diacritic elements in culture"- S.F.Nadel
[syn: diacritic, diacritical]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Diacritic \Di`a*crit"ic\, Diacritical \Di`a*crit"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to separate, distinguish; dia` through + ? to separate. See Critic.] That separates or distinguishes; -- applied to points or marks used to distinguish letters of similar form, or different sounds of the same letter, as, [=a], [a^], [aum], [=o], [o^], etc. "Diacritical points." --Sir W. Jones. [1913 Webster] A glance at this typography will reveal great difficulties, which diacritical marks necessarily throw in the way of both printer and writer. --A. J. Ellis. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

diacritic adj 1: capable of distinguishing; "students having superior diacritic powers"; "the diacritic elements in culture"- S.F.Nadel [syn: diacritic, diacritical] n 1: a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation [syn: diacritical mark, diacritic]