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macron
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun macron has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
macron, n. [NL., fr. Gr. long.].
A short, straight, horizontal mark [-], placed over vowels to denote that they are to be pronounced with a long sound; as, ā , in dāme ; , in s, etc. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
macron, n. a written or printed mark over a long or stressed vowel.
Etymology
Gk makron neut. of makros large
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