What does diacritical mean?
Definitions for diacritical
ˌdaɪ əˈkrɪt ɪ kəldi·a·crit·i·cal
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Princeton's WordNet
diacritic, diacriticaladjective
capable of distinguishing
"students having superior diacritic powers"; "the diacritic elements in culture"- S.F.Nadel
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diacriticaladjective
Capable of distinguishing or of making a distinction.
diacriticaladjective
Of, pertaining to, or serving as a diacritic
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diacritical
A diacritical mark is a symbol added to a letter that alters its sense, pronunciation, or accent. This includes symbols like accents, cedillas, umlauts, and tildes, often found in non-English languages.
Webster Dictionary
Diacriticaladjective
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, /, /, etc
Etymology: [Gr. , fr. to separate, distinguish; dia` through + to separate. See Critic.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of diacritical in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of diacritical in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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