DIAERESIS
\dˌa͡ɪəɹəɹˈiːsɪs], \dˌaɪəɹəɹˈiːsɪs], \d_ˌaɪ_ə_ɹ_ə_ɹ_ˈiː_s_ɪ_s]\
Definitions of DIAERESIS
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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A mark over the second of two similar vowels, separating them in pronunciation, as in cooperate; the division of a diphthong into two vowels, as in aeroplane. Also, dieresis.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Two dots placed over a vowel, denoting that it is to be pronounced separately from the vowel just before it; not used in the text of this dictionary.
By James Champlin Fernald
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from 'I take away,' 'I divide,' 'I separate.' A division or solution of continuity. A surgical operation, which consists in dividing any part of the body. Hoemorrhagia per dioeresin is hemorrhage owing to separation or division of vessels.
By Robley Dunglison
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n. [Greek] The separation of one syllable into two;—a mark placed over the second of two adjacent vowels to denote that they ae to be pronounced as distinct letters, as aerial (a-er-e-al).
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The separation or disjunction of syllables.
By Thomas Sheridan
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