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nonsyllabic


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  nonsyllabic 
  adj  1:  not  forming  a  syllable  or  the  nucleus  of  a  syllable;  (of  a 
  consonant  sound)  accompanied  in  the  same  syllable  by  a 
  vowel  sound  as  the  `n'  in  `botany'  when  pronounced 
  `bot-ny';  (of  a  vowel  sound)  dominated  by  other  vowel 
  sounds  in  a  syllable;  i.e.  being  the  second  vowel  in  a 
  falling  diphthong  as  the  `i'  in  `oi'  [syn:  {unsyllabic}] 
  [ant:  {syllabic}] 
  2:  (phonology)  of  liquids  and  nasals  [syn:  {consonantal},  {nonvocalic}] 
  [ant:  {vocalic}] 




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