Diacritical

Quick meaning: Diacritical is an adjective meaning Capable of distinguishing or of making a distinction.

Meaning

Capable of distinguishing or of making a distinction.

More Meanings

1. Of, pertaining to, or serving as a diacritic.
2. Synonym of diacritical mark (adnoun equivalent).

Example Sentences

The reduplicated forms and the fineness of the diacritical strokes, render his book troublesome to the reader

California, like several other states, prohibits the use of diacritical marks or accents on official documents. That means no tilde (~), no accent grave (`), no umlaut (¨) and certainly no cedilla (¸).

This is often the case when diacriticals are written at the end of the word - the last character ends, but there is still some ink in the original writing order that should have been used up in the course of processing the various t's, i's, and apostrophes in the body of the word.

Word Forms

• diacriticals

Synonyms for diacritical

Depending on context, synonyms include diacritic, discriminating.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include discriminating, diacritic, distinctive, distinguishing, distinct, denotable.

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