accentuation

Noun

Meaning

pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

accenting pyrrhic cadence force numbers modulation dactyl measure attention importance foot tone stress emphasis delivery
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Antonyms

lower reduce decline decrease moderate minimize
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Hypernyms

action emphasis stress accent

Phrases with the word

sonic accentuation

Examples

All Hasidic schools devoted a prominent place in their teaching, with differing accentuation, to the interchanging nature of Ein, both infinite and imperceptible, becoming Yesh, "Existent" – and vice versa. Source: Internet

The schwa vowel /ǝ/ is written ambiguously as e, but its accentuation will sometimes distinguish it: a long vowel mark can never appear on a schwa, while a grave accent can appear only on a schwa. Source: Internet

The 12-beat cycle is the most common in flamenco, differentiated by the accentuation of the beats in different palos. Source: Internet

There are conventions in most musical traditions for regular and hierarchical accentuation of beats to reinforce a given meter. Source: Internet

The Serbo-Croatian dialects differ not only in the question word they are named after, but also heavily in phonology, accentuation and intonation, case endings and tense system (morphology) and basic vocabulary. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

accentuate accentuates the issue accentuates the point accentuator accentus accept