SYLLABISM

Noun

syllabism (countable and uncountable, plural syllabisms)

(linguistics) The expression of the sounds of a language by syllables, rather than by an alphabet or by signs for words.

Source: Wiktionary


Syl"la*bism, n.

Definition: The expressing of the sounds of a language by syllables, rather than by an alphabet or by signs for words. I. Taylor (The Alphabet).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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31 January 2025

DISPERSION

(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”


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