æ-tensing

proper noun

a process that occurs almost ubiquitously in North American English in which the phoneme /æ/ is raised and lengthened or diphthongized in certain or all environments.

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Meanings

proper nounæ-tensing (uncountable)
  1. uncountablehuman sciencesa process that occurs almost ubiquitously in North American English in which the phoneme /æ/ is raised and lengthened or diphthongized in certain or all environments.
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APA

æ-tensing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%C3%A6-tensing

MLA

“æ-tensing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%C3%A6-tensing. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “æ-tensing,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%C3%A6-tensing.

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