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diaeresis noun

  /daɪˈɛɹəsɪs/ , /daɪˈɛɹɪsɪs/ , /daɪˈɪəɹɪsɪs/
  • (orthography) The diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter (especially the second of two consecutive vowels) to indicate that it is sounded separately, usually as a distinct syllable.
 treema, yläpuolinen pistepari
  • (prosody) A natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse.
 diereesi
  • A separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong, that is, beginning with one sound and ending with another) into two distinct syllables; distraction.
 diereesi, hiatus, tavunraja
  • (surgery, archaic) An act of separating body parts or tissues which are normally together.
 erottaminen
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