accent mark
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Noun[edit]
accent mark (plural accent marks)
- (linguistics) A mark or character used in writing, in order to indicate the place of the spoken accent, or to indicate the nature or quality of the vowel marked.
- The name Cézanne is written with an acute accent mark.
- (music) A mark used to represent specific stress on a note.
- (music) A mark placed after a letter designating a note of music to indicate the octave in which it occurs.
- (mathematics) A prime symbol.