APage 50
- English Word Accelerograph Definition An apparatus for studying the combustion of powder in guns, etc.
- English Word Accelerometer Definition An apparatus for measuring the velocity imparted by gunpowder.
- English Word Accend Definition To set on fire; to kindle.
- English Word Accendibility Definition Capacity of being kindled, or of becoming inflamed; inflammability.
- English Word Accendible Definition Capable of being inflamed or kindled; combustible; inflammable.
- English Word Accension Definition The act of kindling or the state of being kindled; ignition.
- English Word Accensor Definition One of the functionaries who light and trim the tapers.
- English Word Accent Definition A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others.
- English Word Accent Definition A mark or character used in writing, and serving to regulate the pronunciation; esp.: (a) a mark to indicate the nature and place of the spoken accent; (b) a mark to indicate the quality of sound of the vowel marked; as, the French accents.
- English Word Accent Definition Modulation of the voice in speaking; manner of speaking or pronouncing; peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice; tone; as, a foreign accent; a French or a German accent.
- English Word Accent Definition A word; a significant tone
- English Word Accent Definition expressions in general; speech.
- English Word Accent Definition Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.
- English Word Accent Definition A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.
- English Word Accent Definition A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.
- English Word Accent Definition The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.
- English Word Accent Definition The expressive emphasis and shading of a passage.
- English Word Accent Definition A mark placed at the right hand of a letter, and a little above it, to distinguish magnitudes of a similar kind expressed by the same letter, but differing in value, as y', y''.
- English Word Accent Definition A mark at the right hand of a number, indicating minutes of a degree, seconds, etc.; as, 12'27'', i. e., twelve minutes twenty seven seconds.
- English Word Accent Definition A mark used to denote feet and inches; as, 6' 10'' is six feet ten inches.