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PITCH MARK [3 records]

Record 1 2005-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Typography
  • Grammar
DEF

A mark... used in writing or printing to indicate a specific sound value, stress, or pitch, to distinguish words otherwise identically spelled

French

Domaine(s)
  • Typographie (Caractères)
  • Grammaire
DEF

Signe placé sur une voyelle pour en préciser la prononciation (é, è, ê) [ou] pour distinguer un mot d'un homonyme non accentué (la et là, du et dû)

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Properties of Paper
DEF

The marking of a web with a depression, perhaps accompanied by a discolouration, due to rosin or pitch accumulation.

Key term(s)
  • sticky spot
  • tar spot

French

Domaine(s)
  • Propriétés des papiers

Spanish

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Record 3 1985-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Language (General)
DEF

a mark placed over a vowel to indicate stress, pitch, quality of sound, or syllabic value.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Linguistique (Généralités)

Spanish

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