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}
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"(music) A mark used to represent specific stress on a note."
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"(music) A mark placed after a letter designating a note of music to indicate the octave in which it occurs."
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"A prime symbol."
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"(mathematics) A prime symbol."
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"(music) A mark used to represent specific stress on a note."
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],
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"(mathematics) A prime symbol."
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