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diacriticals

diacriticals is the plural of diacritical.

Meaning of diacritical

Noun

diacritical (plural diacriticals)

  1. Synonym of diacritical mark (adnoun equivalent).
    • This is often the case when diacriticals are written at the end of the word - the last character ends, but there is still some ink in the original writing order that should have been used up in the course of processing the various t's, i's, and apostrophes in the body of the word.1999, Lee Seong-whan, Advances In Handwriting Recognition, page 54

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Questions about diacriticals

What is diacriticals the plural of?
Diacriticals is the plural of diacritical.

Words near diacriticals in the dictionary

  1. diacritical hook
  2. diacritical hooks
  3. diacritical mark
  4. diacritical marks
  5. diacritically
  6. diacriticals
  7. diacriticized
  8. diacriticked
  9. diacriticless
  10. diacritics
  11. diacritization

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