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nonstresses

nonstresses is the plural of nonstress.

Meaning of nonstress

Noun

nonstress (countable and uncountable, plural nonstresses)

  1. The absence of stress.
    • In addition, the line-turn can act as a virtual syllable, in iambics creating promotions from two instead of three nonstresses at the end of a line [...]2002, Graham Parry, Joad Raymond, Milton and the Terms of Liberty, →ISBN, page 40

Questions about nonstresses

What is nonstresses the plural of?
Nonstresses is the plural of nonstress.

Words near nonstresses in the dictionary

  1. nonstreptococcal
  2. nonstress
  3. nonstress test
  4. nonstress tests
  5. nonstressed
  6. nonstresses
  7. nonstressful
  8. nonstressor
  9. nonstressors
  10. nonstretch
  11. nonstretchable

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