meaning of diacritical
1. That separates or distinguishes; -- applied to points or marks used to distinguish letters of similar form, or different sounds of the same letter, as, a, /, a, /, /, etc.
2. capable of distinguishing; "students having superior diacritic powers"; "the diacritic elements in culture"- S. F. Nadel
Related Words
diacritical | diacritical mark |
