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primary accent
noun
- the principal or strongest stress of a word.
primary accent
noun
- See secondary accentlinguistics the strongest accent in a word or breath group, as that on the first syllable of agriculture Compare secondary accent
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Thus, in am´ mu ni´ tion the primary accent falls on the third syllable and the secondary on the first.
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In other respects verse-members with a secondary accent obey the same laws as those with a primary accent.
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In compound measures the secondary accent is marked by a beat almost as strong as that given the primary accent.
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