"tonic accent" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tonic accents [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tonic accent (plural tonic accents)
  1. (phonetics) The syllable in a word which receives the most stress in an intonation unit. Categories (topical): Phonetics
    Sense id: en-tonic_accent-en-noun-Ygb-YKde Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences

Inflected forms

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