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˘

1. (poetry) Used to mark a short/unstressed syllable in a metrical foot or verse: e.g. ⟨˘ˉ⟩ or ⟨⏑‒⟩ iamb, ⟨ˉ˘⟩ or ⟨‒⏑⟩ trochee, ⟨˘˘⟩ or ⟨⏑⏑⟩ pyrrhic. Also placed over vowel letters: see ⟨◌̆⟩.

• ⟨ˉ⟩ (long syllable)