Accent
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Speech and language
- Accent (linguistics)Accent (linguistics)In linguistics, an accent is a manner of pronunciation peculiar to a particular individual, location, or nation.An accent may identify the locality in which its speakers reside , the socio-economic status of its speakers, their ethnicity, their caste or social class, their first language In...
, pronunciation characteristic of a certain locality - Accent (poetry)Accent (poetry)In poetry, accent refers to the stressed syllable of a polysyllabic word, or a monosyllabic word that receives stress because it belongs to an "open class" of words or because of "contrastive" or "rhetorical" stress. In basic analysis of a poem by scansion, accents are represented with a slash...
, of a word - Stress (linguistics)Stress (linguistics)In linguistics, stress is the relative emphasis that may be given to certain syllables in a word, or to certain words in a phrase or sentence. The term is also used for similar patterns of phonetic prominence inside syllables. The word accent is sometimes also used with this sense.The stress placed...
, tone levels and emphasis used in many languages for words or grammar - A diacriticDiacriticA diacritic is a glyph added to a letter, or basic glyph. The term derives from the Greek διακριτικός . Diacritic is both an adjective and a noun, whereas diacritical is only an adjective. Some diacritical marks, such as the acute and grave are often called accents...
al mark is also known as an accent. - Fallacy of accent, a logical fallacy
Music
- Accent (music)Accent (music)In music, an accent is an emphasis placed on a particular note,either as a result of its context or specifically indicated by an accent mark.Accents contribute to the articulation and prosody of a performance of a musical phrase....
, an emphasis placed on a particular note - Accent (band)Accent (band)Accent was a Belarusian heavy metal band from the city of Minsk. The band played an important role in the development of contemporary music in Belarus.-Early years :...
, Belarusian heavy metal band
Art
- Accent (art), an emphasis on a lighter portion of a drawingDrawingDrawing is a form of visual art that makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium. Common instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, inked brushes, wax color pencils, crayons, charcoal, chalk, pastels, markers, styluses, and various metals .An artist who...
; where the light is hitting an object
Computers
- Accent (programming language) for computers
- Accent kernelAccent kernelAccent was an operating system kernel developed at Carnegie Mellon University . Accent was developed as a follow-on to the Aleph kernel developed at the University of Rochester, fixing several of its problems and re-targeting its hardware support for networks of workstation machines instead of...
, an operating system kernel
Other
- Hyundai AccentHyundai AccentThe Hyundai Accent , or Hyundai Verna in South Korea, is a subcompact car produced by Hyundai. In Australia, the first generation models carried over the Hyundai Excel name used by the Accent's predecessor. The Accent was replaced in 2000 by the Hyundai Verna in South Korea, although most...
, car produced by Hyundai Motor Company - Accent RecordsAccent RecordsAccent Records is a Belgian record label started in 1978 by Adelheid and Andreas Glatt, releasing classical music from between 1500 AD and the 20th century, but primarily from the 17th and 18th centuries.- Artists having recorded for Accent Records include :...
, a record label - ACCENT Speakers BureauACCENT Speakers BureauACCENT Speakers Bureau is the Student Government-run speakers' bureau of the University of Florida. It claims to be the largest student-run speakers' bureau in the United StatesThe organization is a Student Government agency....
, a student-run organization at the University of Florida - Brand name for monosodium glutamateMonosodium glutamateMonosodium glutamate, also known as sodium glutamate or MSG, is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, one of the most abundant naturally occurring non-essential amino acids....
(MSG) - In medicineMedicineMedicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
, an accentuation is an increase in intensity of a heart murmurHeart murmurMurmurs are extra heart sounds that are produced as a result of turbulent blood flow that is sufficient to produce audible noise. Most murmurs can only be heard with the assistance of a stethoscope ....
See also
- Accentuate the Positive, 1944 song written by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer
- AccentureAccentureAccenture plc is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company headquartered in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. It is the largest consulting firm in the world and is a Fortune Global 500 company. As of September 2011, the company had more than 236,000 employees across...
, company - AccentorAccentorThe accentors are in the only bird family, the Prunellidae, which is completely endemic to the Palearctic. This small group of closely related passerines are all in a single genus Prunella...
, bird species - Accentor class minesweeperAccentor class minesweeperThe Accentor class minesweeper, sometimes called the Accentor/Acme class minesweeper, was a small minesweeper used by the U.S. Navy during World War II. It was capable of sweeping mines in harbors and bays. Most were built in 1941–42...
, ship - Ascent (disambiguation)Ascent (disambiguation)Ascent or The Ascent can refer to:* Ascent Solar, a solar power company in the United States* Ascent Media, a holding company* The Ascent at Roebling's Bridge, a residential building in Covington, Kentucky...