15. accent a symbol used to distinguish similar mathematical quantities that differ in value, as in b′, b″, b‴ (called b prime, b second or b double prime, b third or b triple prime, respectively).
16. accent a symbol used to indicate a particularunit of measure, as feet (′) or inches (″), minutes (′) or seconds (″).
17. accent a symbol used to indicate the order of a derivative of a function in calculus, as f′ (called f prime) is the firstderivative of a function f.
18. accent accents, words; language; speech: He spoke in accents bold.
19. (v.t.)accent to pronounce with prominence (a syllable within a word or a word within a phrase): Accent the first syllable.
20. accent to mark with a written accent or accents.
Etymology: (1520–30; < L accentus speaking tone =ac-ac - +-centus,cantus song (see canto ))
Definition of 'Accent'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)accent, speech pattern distinctive manner of oralexpression "he couldn't suppress his contemptuous accent"; "she had a very clear speech pattern"
2. (noun)emphasis, accent specialimportance or significance "the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis"; "the room was decorated in shades of grey with distinctive red accents"
3. (noun)dialect, idiom, accent the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specificgroup of people "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong German accent"; "it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy"
4. (noun)stress, emphasis, accent the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch) "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"
5. (verb)accent, accent mark a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
6. (verb)stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate to stress, single out as important "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"
7. (verb)stress, accent, accentuate put stress on; utter with an accent "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"
2. (noun)Accent a mark or character used in writing, and serving to regulate the pronunciation; esp.: (a) a mark to indicate the nature and place of the spoken accent; (b) a mark to indicate the quality of sound of the vowel marked; as, the French accents
3. (noun)Accent modulation of the voice in speaking; manner of speaking or pronouncing; peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice; tone; as, a foreign accent; a French or a German accent
11. (noun)Accent a mark placed at the righthand of a letter, and a littleabove it, to distinguish magnitudes of a similar kind expressed by the same letter, but differing in value, as y', y''
Definitions of Accent 
Afrikaans: klem
Arabic: نَبْرَة الصَّوت
Bulgarian: ударение
Brazilian: acento
Czech: přízvuk
German: die Betonung
Danish: tryk
Greek: τόνος, τονισμός
Spanish: acento
Estonian: rõhk
Farsi: تکیه صدا
Finnish: paino
French: accent (tonique)
Hebrew: דָגֶש, הַטְעָמָה
Hindi: स्वर का चढ़ाव उतार
Croatian: naglasak
Hungarian: hangsúly(jel)
Indonesian: tekanan kata
Icelandic: áhersla
Italian: accento
Japanese: アクセント
Korean: 악센트
Lithuanian: kirtis
Latvian: uzsvars, akcents
Malay: aksen
Dutch: accent
Norwegian: trykk
Polish: akcent
Persian: تکیه يا تاكيد صدا
Pashto: د ږغ تشديد
Portuguese: acento
Romanian: accent
Russian: ударение
Slovak: prízvuk
Slovenian: naglas
Serbian: akcent
Swedish: accent, betoning
Thai: การเน้นเสียง
Turkish: vurgu
Taiwanese: 重音
Ukrainian: наголос
Urdu: لفظ پر زور
Vietnamese: dấu trọng âm
Chinese: 重音，重音符号
