secondary stress
Engineering. a stress induced by the elastic deformation of a structure under a temporary load.
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How to use secondary stress in a sentence
If the thesis in either foot is the second part of a compound it receives, of course, a secondary stress.
Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book | C. Alphonso SmithThe secondary stress in E1 falls frequently on a short syllable, as in D1.
Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book | C. Alphonso SmithWhether the penultima has more than a secondary stress is a matter of dispute.
Society for Pure English Tract 4 | John SargeauntThese are nouns and have the stress on the antepenultima, which in Latin bore the secondary stress.
Society for Pure English Tract 4 | John SargeauntIn Anglo-Saxon verse the combination of a primary stress, a secondary stress, and an unstressed syllable, is a recognized type.
English Verse | Raymond MacDonald Alden, Ph.D.
British Dictionary definitions for secondary stress
another term for secondary accent
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