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stress timing

stress timing noun: a type of isochrony in a language such that syllables may last different amounts of time, but there is a fairly constant amount of time between consecutive stressed syllables.

Noun

stress timing (uncountable)

  1. A type of isochrony in a language such that syllables may last different amounts of time, but there is a fairly constant amount of time between consecutive stressed syllables.

Questions about stress timing

What does stress timing mean?
Stress timing means a type of isochrony in a language such that syllables may last different amounts of time, but there is a fairly constant amount of time between consecutive stressed syllables.
What part of speech is stress timing?
Stress timing is a noun.

Words near stress timing in the dictionary

  1. stress out
  2. stress puppies
  3. stress puppy
  4. stress test
  5. stress tests
  6. stress timing
  7. stress wood
  8. stress-accent
  9. stress-accents
  10. stress-free
  11. stress-timed

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