wedge
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9.9
- noun
- /wɛdʒ/
- Specialized
:
carón
You can also change spacing between the wedge Marks and that will also change the shape of the curvature.
- You can also change spacing between the wedge Marks and that will also change the shape of the curvature.
Examples
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Bright morning light cut a yellow wedge across the office floor, the northern light of a fall day under a blue New Hampshire sky.
Fiction book (1999) -
She is a picky one, but she had the wedge of butter lettuce with the green goddess dressing.
Blog text (14) -
The háček is a diacritical mark used above letters like c, s, and z in several languages to indicate a modified pronunciation.
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In Czech, the letter c with a háček is pronounced differently than c without it.
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To understand the correct pronunciation, you need to recognize the wedge used in Slovenian above the letters s and z.
Synonyms
A small mark like a tiny v above a letter that shows a different sound
Idioms
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Wedge as a diacritic is called that because the small mark above a letter looks like a tiny pointed wedge. That little 'wedge' changes the sound of the letter, which is why the mark is used.