secondary stress

noun

1. Engineering. a stress induced by the elastic deformation of a structure under a temporary load.
2. secondary accent.

secondary stress

noun

1. another term for secondary accent

Example Sentences

If the thesis in either foot is the second part of a compound it receives, of course, a secondary stress.

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The secondary stress in E1 falls frequently on a short syllable, as in D1.

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Whether the penultima has more than a secondary stress is a matter of dispute.

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These are nouns and have the stress on the antepenultima, which in Latin bore the secondary stress.

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In Anglo-Saxon verse the combination of a primary stress, a secondary stress, and an unstressed syllable, is a recognized type.

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