| Accent |
| A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the
beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure. |
| Accent |
| A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of
the measure. |
| Accent |
| The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of
a period. |
| Accent |
| The expressive emphasis and shading of a passage. |
| Accent |
| 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''. |
| Accent |
| 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. |
| Accent |
| A mark used to denote feet and inches; as, 6' 10'' is six
feet ten inches. |
| Accented |
| of Accent |
| Accenting |
| of Accent |
| Accent |
| To express the accent of (either by the voice or by a
mark); to utter or to mark with accent. |
