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intonation collapse: the production of musical tones (by voice or instrument); especially the exactitude of the pitch relations; the act of singing in a monotonous tone; singing by a soloist of the opening piece of plainsong; rise and fall of the voice pitch

emphasis collapse: special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g.; special importance or significance; "the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis"; "the room was decorated in shades of grey with distinctive red accents"

accent collapse: a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation; distinctive manner of oral expression; "he couldn't suppress his contemptuous accent"; "she had a very clear speech pattern"

thesis collapse: an unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument

time signature collapse: a musical notation indicating the number of beats to a measure and kind of note that takes a beat

prosody collapse: the study of poetic meter and the art of versification; the patterns of stress and intonation in a language

drawl collapse: a slow speech pattern with prolonged vowels; lengthen and slow down or draw out; "drawl one's vowels"

key signature collapse: the sharps or flats that follow the clef and indicate the key

burr collapse: rough projection left on a workpiece after drilling or cutting; rotary file for smoothing rough edges left on a workpiece; United States politician who served as vice president under Jefferson; he mortally wounded his political rival Alexander Hamilton in a duel and fled south (1756-1836)

anapest collapse: a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables

dactyl collapse: a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables

dialect collapse: the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong German accent"; "it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy"

twang collapse: exaggerated nasality in speech (as in some regional dialects); a sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string); pronounce with a nasal twang; pluck (strings of an instrument); "He twanged his bow"; twitch or throb with pain; sound with a twang; "the bowstring was twanging"; cause to sound with a twang; "He twanged the guitar string"

point up collapse: emphasize, especially by identification; "This novel points up the racial problems in England"

pyrrhic collapse: an ancient Greek dance imitating the motions of warfare; a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables; of or relating to or resembling Pyrrhus or his exploits (especially his sustaining staggering losses in order to defeat the Romans); "a Pyrrhic victory"; of or relating to or containing a metrical foot of two unstressed syllables; "pyrrhic verses"; of or relating to a war dance of ancient Greece; "pyrrhic dance movements"

iambic collapse: a verse line consisting of iambs; of or consisting of iambs; "iambic pentameter"

inflection collapse: deviation from a straight or normal course; a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function

rhythm collapse: recurring at regular intervals; the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements; "the rhythm of Frost's poetry"; the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music; "the piece has a fast rhythm"; "the conductor set the beat"

ligature collapse: thread used by surgeons to bind a vessel (as to constrict the flow of blood); a metal band used to attach a reed to the mouthpiece of a clarinet or saxophone; character consisting of two or more letters combined into one; (music) a group of notes connected by a slur

orotund collapse: (of sounds) full and rich; "orotund tones"; "the rotund and reverberating phrase"; "pear-shaped vowels"

counterpoint collapse: a musical form involving the simultaneous sound of two or more melodies; write in counterpoint; "Bach perfected the art of counterpointing"

cadence collapse: a recurrent rhythmical series; the close of a musical section

caesura collapse: a break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line; a pause or interruption (as in a conversation); "after an ominous caesura the preacher continued"

overemphasize collapse: place special or excessive emphasis on; "I cannot overemphasize the importance of this book"

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