acute accent

British  

noun

1. the diacritical mark (´), used in the writing system of some languages to indicate that the vowel over which it is placed has a special quality (as in French été ) or that it receives the strongest stress in the word (as in Spanish hablé )

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acute accent

When they call a charge, there’s no acute accent over the “e.”

From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2016

Exelrod has eyebrows like an owl with the ends sticking up: an acute accent on the left and a grave accent on the right.

From The Verge ● Mar. 26, 2015

The acute accent on vowels indicates a stressed syllable, which is also raised in pitch.

From Mohave Pottery by Harner, Michaell J.

I don't mean the lorgnette itself; but the acute accent which she contrives to give to it.

From On the Firing Line by Fuller, Hamilton Brock

I remember distinctly that i with the acute accent meant the square root of minus one—and stood for 'imaginary' on the face of it.

From White Ashes by Kennedy, Sidney R. (Sidney Robinson)